Cheryl Weimar News Today

U.S. Justice Department investigators at the Lowell prison in Ocala, where a prior probe found women had been sexually abused for years.

Craig Ridley died after corrections officers paralyzed him in a beating, then left him without medical care for days.

The Florida Department of Corrections is hiring and employees can make more than ever before. Officials said the new starting salary is $41,600, an increase of more than $8,000 a year.

Keith Turner, an ex-corrections officer at Lowell Correctional Institution, was found guilty of lewd/lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12

Activists fear a post-Roe world would mean more women criminalized and placed in institutions with a bad reputation of caring for them.

The state paid out millions to former Florida prison inmate Cheryl Weimar, who was left paralyzed after her neck was broken by guards. But those guards will not be charged.

Florida prosecutors have decided not to file criminal charges against two former Lowell corrections officers after a female inmate was left paralyzed while at the prison.

Prosecutors said they considered a number of charges but felt a jury would not convict either of the two corrections officers accused.

Cheryl Weimar was allegedly severely beaten by corrections officers in August 2019 and her case is being reviewed by the State Attorneys Office.

The inmate’s tragic death at the hands of a violent assault is the latest of many examples of rampant abuse and fatal incidents that occur in prisons throughout the US.