CLEARWATER - Audio tapes of Nick Bollea's telephone conversations with his parents and sister were released last week by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office at the request of a local television station. Inmates at the Pinellas County Jail – where Bollea, 17, is serving an eight-month sentence in the car wreck that left his friend John Graziano with brain damage – are informed their conversations may be recorded, said Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner. There are signs informing them, and a tape-recorded message intermittently alerts the inmates of the possible recording during their conversations. ...more

May 28, 2008

A teenager, accused of rape, and his mother, accused of violating probation, appeared in court Tuesday morning before the same judge. ...more

May 21, 2008

The citizens' panel reviewing Hillsborough County jails is showing the diligence and objectivity necessary to find the truth about an operation whose reputation was tarnished when a jail guard dumped a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair. ...more

May 19, 2008

SEBRING — Church services are held on Fridays for some of the Highlands County Detention Facility inmates, and Joe Valentin is one of their pastors. The Southern Baptist minister comes to the jail once a week, giving sermons that rarely go beyond 15 minutes but spread a message of hope and faith to those that have "all the time in the world" to consider it, he said. ...more

May 12, 2008

Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need of tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 9, 2008

TAMPA - A Polk County detention deputy was arrested today after an investigation revealed he had sex with an inmate in a staff bathroom at the Central County Jail, Polk County deputies say. ...more

May 2, 2008

It's not exactly an award you'd strive to get. If it comes, however, you embrace it. ...more

May 1, 2008

Video released last week of a detention deputy dumping a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair at Orient Road Jail made national news, but the quadriplegic man says that wasn't the only time deputies failed to properly handle his disabilities. ...more

February 23, 2008

The attorney for a woman who claims her arm was broken while in Orient Road Jail last year says maintaining order in detention facilities is critical but with the state's power to use force comes a responsibility to show restraint. ...more

February 21, 2008