The facility will hold up to 1,300 detainees with costs reimbursed by the federal government. This is their second facility of its kind, after Alligator Alcatraz.

Lawson, 76, remains proud of his time in office, saying he grew up poor in Gadsden County and wound up spending 28 years in ...

Parents can choose whether schools can use corporal punishment on their children, under the new law.