After an unspecified number of inmates attacked the officer at Sumter Correctional Institution, other prisoners intervened, Florida Department of Corrections officials said. The department did not ...

So here he was at the Sumter Correctional Institution, about 50 miles north of Tampa, talking to a few dozen inmates about pickleball. It was Day 7 of BelAir’s eight-day trek across Florida.

TALLAHASSEE — Standing in the center of a barren prison courtyard at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell two weeks ago, encircled by towering razor wire and brick buildings, Rep. David ...