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Judge denies defense attorney's motion challenging Polk County jail policies
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCircuit Judge J. Kevin Abdoney denied a motion Tuesday by defense attorneys representing several...
Combative inmate at Polk jail dies after deputies restrain him
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA combative inmate in Polk County who deputies tried to restrain later died at the hospital Friday...
Defense attorney in 8 death penalty cases calls Polk jail policies unconstitutional
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA defense lawyer representing multiple Polk County defendants facing capital murder charges is...
Death investigation underway after violent inmates dies at Central Florida jail
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a registered sex offender after...
Duval County's incarceration rate exceeds other big counties as city considers new jail
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDuval County's incarceration rate is higher than the statewide average and other big urban counties...
DeSantis blasts Congressional Republicans, Biden on the border at bill signing in Polk
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWINTER HAVEN — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of his administration used a bill signing event...
Odd brawl erupts as 2 drivers try to pick up same man from Florida jail, deputies say
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoA man intent on picking up his brother from a Florida jail ended up an inmate himself after he...
Paul Beasley Johnson, who killed 3 in 1981, including a Polk County deputy, dies in prison
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA man who spent more than four decades on Florida's death row for killing three people, including a...
David Murdock murder trial nears. Lawyer again challenges jail rules and death sentencing
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJury selection is set to begin Wednesday in a first-degree murder trial for a Lake Wales man accused...
'Unlivable': Amid Florida heat, advocates decry lack of air conditioning in state prisons
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen Dorothy Bing settles into bed in her Winter Haven home, comforted by air conditioning in...