Prisons

Marc Sarnoff's Pop-Up Park to Stop Sex Offenders Is Just a Start: Pop-Up Jails, Brothels Are Next

Reader mail: Micky Arison would move the Heat if Miami made him repay taxpayers

Lil Wayne Writing Prison Memoir Titled Gone Till November

​Granted ... Lil Wayne ain't no Nelson Mandela. He only spent 11 months in prison (not, you know, 27 years) after getting busted on his tour bus for "attempted possession of a weapon" (not, you know, attempting to free the people of South Africa from the horrors of Apartheid), but why not cash in ... More >>

Miami's Federal Detention Center Barely Paralegal

​Granted ... Lil Wayne ain't no Nelson Mandela. He only spent 11 months in prison (not, you know, 27 years) after getting busted on his tour bus for "attempted possession of a weapon" (not, you know, attempting to free the people of South Africa from the horrors of Apartheid), but why not cash in ... More >>

Miami's Federal Jail Overrun With Strippers Posing As Paralegals, Lawyers Say

Coming soon to a jail cell near you...Stripteases, sexual favors, booze, porn mags, and fat stacks of cash would be run-of-the-mill in many Miami strip clubs. But at downtown's maximum security Federal Detention Center?Multiple attorneys interviewed by Riptide say the FDC visitor rooms have been tak ... More >>

Dailin Pico Rodriguez Sentenced to 50 Months for Lying About the Semen on Her Jail Uniform

Dailin Pico Rodriguez tried to use her boyfriend's spunk to set-up FDC guards, a judge ruledDailin Pico Rodriguez was sentenced to 50 months in prison yesterday after a judge ruled that she had falsely accused Miami Federal Detention Center correctional officers of repeated sexual assault.Her claims ... More >>

Convicted Pedophile Sues Florida Prison System For Making Him Eat Soy, Says It's "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"

Eric Harris does not "lovetofu" (unless you're a small child, but that's a different story). ​In order to keep food costs down, the Florida prison system routinely substitutes about half of the meat product in inmates' meal with soy. But one inmate, Eric Harris, currently serving a life sentence f ... More >>

Florida Republicans Are Doing the Bidding of Corporations Thanks to Huge Campaign Donations

​Florida's government is apparently "for the corporations, by the corporation." Gov. Rick Scott promised to run Florida like a business, and his fellow Republicans in the legislature are pushing through many "pro-business" reforms.They also happen to be taking in tons of cash from corporations. Fo ... More >>

Rick Scott's racist clemency rules

​Florida's government is apparently "for the corporations, by the corporation." Gov. Rick Scott promised to run Florida like a business, and his fellow Republicans in the legislature are pushing through many "pro-business" reforms.They also happen to be taking in tons of cash from corporations. Fo ... More >>

Slick Rick at Club Cinema January 22

​Florida's government is apparently "for the corporations, by the corporation." Gov. Rick Scott promised to run Florida like a business, and his fellow Republicans in the legislature are pushing through many "pro-business" reforms.They also happen to be taking in tons of cash from corporations. Fo ... More >>

Castro’s Cash Flow

​Florida's government is apparently "for the corporations, by the corporation." Gov. Rick Scott promised to run Florida like a business, and his fellow Republicans in the legislature are pushing through many "pro-business" reforms.They also happen to be taking in tons of cash from corporations. Fo ... More >>

Dead Men Talking

​Florida's government is apparently "for the corporations, by the corporation." Gov. Rick Scott promised to run Florida like a business, and his fellow Republicans in the legislature are pushing through many "pro-business" reforms.They also happen to be taking in tons of cash from corporations. Fo ... More >>

"Dolphins Suck" Comment Leads to Death of an Inmate

Dept. of CorrectionsVincent Lee​Defending the pride of the Miami Dolphins to the death is something the current roster hardly seems interested in, but one fan is accused of killing a Dolphins detractor. Though, both the assailant and the victim were already behind bars at the time.The incident too ... More >>

Feds Bust Dade Correctional Institute Guards on Civil Rights Violations

​No matter how cynical you've grown about the American justice system -- let's say, from watching a few too many episodes of The Wire -- there are still stories coming out of Miami's prison system that will make your jaw drop. Today, through a federal indictment, comes a tale of casual civil right ... More >>

Two More Miami-Dade Swine Flu Deaths; Outbreak in Women's Prison

via Esparta's FlickrSwine Flu has claimed two more lives in Miami-Dade County according to the Miami Health Department. The total number of confirmed cases in the county has ballooned to 493. A 31 year-old female and a 69 year-old male are the latest confirmed deaths. Meanwhile, an outbrea ... More >>

Black History No-Show

Corrections chief Tim Ryan can't seem to stop offending black guards.

Corrections Chief Tim Ryan Can't Seem To Stop Offending Black Guards

Note to Tim Ryan: Maybe just stay home next February. Ryan, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation chief since 2006, hasn't exactly built a mountain of goodwill with his majority black workforce during his three years in charge of one of the nation's largest prison systems, with a $315 million b ... More >>

Report: Women Horribly Neglected in Florida's Immigration Jails

Marlene Jaggernauth had been a legal U.S. resident for 27 years when the ICE agents came knocking on her door in 2003. Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsThey arrested the Trinidad native on a shoplifting charge from six years earlier, took her from her four young children, and moved her from county jail to ... More >>

Florida Convict Isn't Joking This Time

 When death row inmate Michael Lambrix applied to be a Florida Supreme Court Justice in January, the nominating committee had a good laugh. "It's tongue-in-cheek," said Chair Robert Hackleman - and it probably was. (Lambrix wrote: "My biggest qualification...is that I'm the only applicant tha ... More >>

Dade Tries Out Jail/Hospital Combo for Mentally Ill

In an attempt to fix a broken system, Judge Steve Leifman announced plans this morning for a first-of-its-kind "pilot facility" to house mentally ill individuals with criminal charges in Miami-Dade. Leifman -- an articulate, bespectacled advisor to the Supreme Court on mental health issues -- expl ... More >>

Charlie, Come on Down and Meet Our Mentally Unstable Inmates

When so many Americans have trouble seeing a doctor for the common cold, getting proper mental health care seems like a luxury. Unsurprisingly, many people who most need mental health help wind up in the corrections system. The Miami-Dade delegation in the state legislature recently invited Gov. Ch ... More >>

Kosher, Cuban, and Very Miami

When so many Americans have trouble seeing a doctor for the common cold, getting proper mental health care seems like a luxury. Unsurprisingly, many people who most need mental health help wind up in the corrections system. The Miami-Dade delegation in the state legislature recently invited Gov. Ch ... More >>

Frotesters

Miami-Dade Corrections officers think a new uniform code discriminates against black men

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Brilliant thug Harrel Braddy has terrorized South Florida since 1984. The death needle awaits.

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Will "Da Real One" Bell

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George Burgess, the county manager, hits a sour note

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Blue Lines, Steel, and the Hour of Myth

Women in prison transcend violence, tedium, and the past

County Jail's #1 Problem?

Parking -- that's right, parking

Used, Abused, and Forgotten

What happens when you muster the courage to complain that you've been sexually assaulted at an INS facility? Not much.

Best Local Girl Gone Bad

Gilda Oliveros

They Got Sammy

He was a street philosopher, a crusader, a gambler, and the unofficial mayor of Hialeah's black ghetto. Now he's gone to prison, and he's not coming back.

Ghetto Glorious

How three inner-city kids turned tragedy into a soon-to-be platinum hip-hop hit

The Smuggler as Savior

Juan Garcia Pino was obeying a higher law when he rescued nineteen family members fleeing Cuba. But a more mundane law ruined everything.

No Holds Barred

The Dade corrections department has yet to recover from the beating of Frank Dennis. And that was more than three years ago.

The Cesar Odio Sentence Reduction Plan

If at first you don't succeed in getting your sentence reduced, invoke the terminally ill mother

News of the Weird

If at first you don't succeed in getting your sentence reduced, invoke the terminally ill mother

Incarceration Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

When he was booked into the Dade County Jail, Earl Cole was a sick man. Not for long.

Prisoners and Politics

When he was booked into the Dade County Jail, Earl Cole was a sick man. Not for long.

Making the Streets Safe Again -- Quickly

When he was booked into the Dade County Jail, Earl Cole was a sick man. Not for long.

Jail Bait

Getting sprung from the slammer has never been easier, and the life of a Miami bail bondsman has never been tougher

Junkies

It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

The Further Adventures of Willy and Sal

Chapter Two, in which the alleged drug kingpins are linked to a cellular telephone smuggled into their unit in the federal pen

Triggerlock

Chapter Two, in which the alleged drug kingpins are linked to a cellular telephone smuggled into their unit in the federal pen

The Little Thief

Chapter Two, in which the alleged drug kingpins are linked to a cellular telephone smuggled into their unit in the federal pen