According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, our country spends $81 billion a year on mass incarceration. These dollars go to staffing the jails and meeting the basic needs of the more than two million Americans incarcerated. But when they leave prison or jail and go back to society, the support systems designed to help them is complicated. Most programs to help with reentry into the outside world come from non-profit organizations, or ones that have small budgets.

Families of Florida inmates tell News4JAX they feel like they may be the ones being punished if state officials approve a Department of Corrections proposal. It would limit visitation hours -- among other things.

He will lose his driver’s license for the next decade, pay a $3,400 fine, and participate in a driver improvement course.

A former administrative assistant at a southwest Florida charter school has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for stealing more than $87,000, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A new prison-themed circus is coming to Clay County.

WAYCROSS, Ga. – Three inmates and two staff members were injured during unrest at a state prison in Southeast Georgia that began Saturday night, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. Eason said he believes if Ware State Prison had more guards, the disturbance “absolutely would not have happened.”“The fear of that was what if you get taken, hostage or beat up. A Ware State inmate was killed two weeks ago in what authorities said was an altercation with another inmate. Department of Corrections data shows 22 inmates and 32 staff members at Ware State Prison have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ware State Prison houses adult male felons and has a total capacity for 1,546, according to information about the facility on the department’s website.

Corrine Brown released from prison over coronavirus fearsPublished: April 22, 2020, 7:22 pmEx-congresswoman claimed underlying health conditions put her at risk of dying if she gets COVID-19

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to prison after pleading no contest to felony battery charges. If you need help with WJXT’s or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801.

Man gets 5 years in prison for deadly hit-and-run crashPublished: December 18, 2019, 11:33 pmWilliam Martindale, III, sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaving the scene of a deadly crash which killed Ryan McKeller.

Permenter facing over 10 years in prisonPublished: November 25, 2019, 10:43 pmA judge sentencing Kelly Permenter to more than 10 years in person for DUI manslaughter for 12-year-old Hunter Cope.