Florida Department of Corrections

Felon sentenced after holding gun in Instagram video

April 15, 2022 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A convicted felon in Florida has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison after appearing in a social media post holding a rifle.

Christian Agosto, 22, of Brandon, was sentenced Wednesday in Tampa federal court, according to court records.

White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla.

By JASON DEARENNovember 19, 2021 GMT

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.

White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla.

By JASON DEARENNovember 19, 2021 GMT

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.

Man convicted of helping kill son’s wife dies in prison

September 24, 2021 GMT

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 Department of Corrections records.

Florida corrections trainee dies in accidental shooting

August 29, 2021 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Department of Corrections trainee was killed in an accidental shooting, officials say.

The department released a statement Saturday identifying the trainee as Whitney Cloud, who had been with the agency since June.

Florida middle school killer dies in prison at 31

May 2, 2021 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The teenage killer who lured a friend into a bathroom stall at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago and cut his throat has died in prison...