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Florida corrections officer accused of battery on inmate
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A corrections sergeant is accused of slapping, punching and pushing a jail inmate as well as pulling out a clump of the man's hair, officials said. Pinellas County Sgt. Patrick Knight, 51, was arrested Monday on charges of battery and...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel. November 18, 2021. Editorial: Three days in Tallahassee we could easily have lived without The show’s over. It was brief, three days. The plot was predictable. It played to a near-empty house with as...
White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla.
In June, three Florida prison guards who boasted of being white supremacists beat, pepper sprayed and used a stun gun on an inmate who screamed “I can’t breathe!” at a prison near the Alabama border, according to a fellow inmate who reported it to the state. The...
Man convicted of helping kill son's wife dies in prison
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has died in prison about two months after receiving a life sentence for helping his son kill the younger man’s estranged wife. Angel Luis Rivera died Wednesday at the Central Florida Reception Center in Orlando, according to Florida...
