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69-583: It opened in April 1956 as the Florida Correctional Institution and was the first Florida prison for women. It houses community, minimum, medium, and close custody inmates. At the time it was opened, Lowell was the only prison that housed solely female offenders in the state. In 1999, the name was changed to Lowell Correctional Institution/Women's Unit, and in 2000 it was given the latest title of Lowell Correctional Institution. It has

138-719: A mental disorder , if they do not already suffer from such a condition. This is referred to as the death row phenomenon . Estimates reveal that five to ten percent of all inmates on death row suffer from mental illness. Some inmates may attempt suicide. There have been some calls for a ban on the imposition of the death penalty for inmates with mental illness and also case law such as Atkins v. Virginia to further this. Executions still take place for those with clear intellectual disabilities due to poor legal representation and high standards of proof. In 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to kill then President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt but injured and killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak . He

207-481: A transsexual prostitute. The day before committing suicide, Teele had had another telephone conversation with DeFede, who recorded this call without Teele's knowledge, which was illegal under Florida law. DeFede admitted to the Herald ' s management that he had taped the call. Although the paper used quotes from the tape in its coverage, DeFede was fired the next day for violating the paper's code of ethics, and he

276-873: A $ 2,000 scholarship, a Silver Knight statue, an AAdvantage 25,000-mile travel certificate and a medallion (from sponsor American Airlines ). Honorable Mentions each received a $ 500 scholarship and an engraved plaque. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 awards ceremony was live-streamed on May 28 from a video studio at the Miami Herald's newsroom; the nominees attended via Zoom video conference. The Silver Knight Awards have been given in Miami-Dade County since 1959 and in Broward County since 1984. Silver Knight Awards were given to Palm Beach County students from 1985 through 1990. The program

345-587: A (1) 240-bed secure-cell housing unit. This dormitory houses inmates that the department has classified as security risks and require housing in cells instead of dormitory bunks. In 2012, Lowell Reception Center, was scheduled to be revealed. This stand-alone facility will take over the Reception and Orientation mission from the Annex. Also scheduled to be opened at the Lowell Reception Center

414-675: A 14-acre (5.7 ha) plot in Biscayne Bay , Miami . This facility opened in March 1963. In 2011 the Genting Group , a Malaysian company, offered to pay the Miami Herald Media Company $ 236   million for the current headquarters property. The company began scouting for a new headquarters location after finalizing the sale. The then president and publisher of the media company, David Landsberg, stated that it

483-435: A Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for columns which included topics like police brutality and profiling. Publication of a Spanish-language supplemental insert named El Herald began in 1976. It was renamed El Nuevo Herald in 1987, and in 1998 became an independent publication. The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald quickly took diverging editorial directions, sometimes leading to tense relations and conflicting information about

552-919: A brain tumor, having spent more time on death row than any American. Brandon Astor Jones spent 36 years on death row (with a brief period in the general prison population during his re-sentencing trial) before being executed for felony murder by the state of Georgia in 2016, at the age of 72. The oldest prisoner on death row in the United States was Leroy Nash , age 94, in Arizona. He died of natural causes on February 12, 2010. ADX Florence , Fremont County , Colorado ( Timothy McVeigh , Joseph Edward Duncan , Kaboni Savage , Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ) MCFP Springfield , Missouri ( Marvin Charles Gabrion ) Notes: Nearly all European countries have abolished capital punishment. As of 2021, Belarus remains

621-477: A day in prison." Thus, the full extent of Epstein's crimes and his collaborators remained hidden and the victims unaware of this arrangement. In July 2019, Epstein was charged with sex trafficking dozens of minors between 2002 and 2005; reporting at the time noted how the Herald brought public attention to accusations against Epstein. On December 17, 2019, it was announced the Miami Herald would move to

690-454: A focus on security and isolation. The room is typically designed to limit access and maintain strict control over the condemned individual. Furnishings and amenities in these cells are often minimal, as they are not intended for long-term incarceration but rather for the purpose of facilitating the impending execution. Typically, a condemn cell can house between one and three inmates. Bangladesh has witnessed significant controversy surrounding

759-493: A maximum population of 1,456 female inmates ranging anywhere from youth (14–18) to adults (18+). The Annex has a maximum general population of 1,500 and another 150 special housing beds for close management, death row, medical isolation, and confinement. It has consistently been associated with inmate abuse, sexual abuse, inhumane conditions, and little to no intervention from the State of Florida (Miami Herald, 2015, 2017)The facility

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828-587: A month later, responding to pressure from the Cuban community in Miami, Díaz resigned after reinstating the fired journalists, saying that "policies prohibiting such behavior were ambiguously communicated, inconsistently applied and widely misunderstood over many years". Nevertheless, he continued to state that such payments, especially if made from organs of the state, violate the principles of journalistic independence . At least seven other journalists who did not work at

897-399: A new building in suburban Doral . The old building was demolished in 2014. In November 2018, the Herald broke the story that "in 2007, despite substantial evidence that corroborated [female teenagers'] stories of [sexual] abuse by [Jeffrey] Epstein , the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta , signed off on a secret deal for the multimillionaire, one that ensured he would never spend

966-679: A new facility after a period of remote work . The remote work began prior to the closure of the office, which did occur. The publication sold the Doral office in September 2021, getting $ 27.3 million. In 2023 the newspaper announced its new headquarters would be in the Waterford Business District. The Miami Herald has received 24 Pulitzer Prizes: In the 1960s under the leadership of Women's Page editor Marie Anderson and assistant women's page editor Marjorie Paxson

1035-649: A quadriplegic. She won a settlement for 4.65 million dollars and was granted conditional release. Captain Keith Mitchell Turner was later terminated from employment after being arrested on charges related to molesting two children, but not for his role in the attack. A second officer, Ryan Dionne, was allowed to resign after being implicated in the attack. In July 2005, 3,100 prisoners and 800 staff members were tested at Lowell Correction Institution for tuberculosis. Prison officials confirmed seven cases and no fatalities. State and local officials were unsure how

1104-529: A quarter of inmates on death row in the U.S. die of natural causes while awaiting execution. There were 2,721 people on death row in the United States on October 1, 2018. Since 1977, the states of Texas (464), Virginia (108) and Oklahoma (94) have executed the most death row inmates. As of 2010 , California (683), Florida (390), Texas (330) and Pennsylvania (218) housed more than half of all inmates pending on death row. Gary Alvord arrived on Florida's death row in 1974 and died 39 years later on May 19, 2013, from

1173-510: A short video with the same title. The FLDC criticized the newspaper, stating that it had worked with the newspaper previously. It provided a statement in advance to the newspaper. In 2020 the United States Department of Justice stated that an investigation found that widespread victimization occurred at Lowell. In August 2019, 52-year-old Cheryl Weimar was viciously beaten by correctional officers in an attack that left her

1242-409: A similar " fairness doctrine " had been upheld for radio and television, and establishing that broadcast and print media had different Constitutional protections. The first African American man to be a reporter at the Herald was Thirlee Smith, Jr. in 1967. The first African American woman to work as a reporter at the Miami Herald was Bea Hines , starting on June 16, 1970. Hines was nominated for

1311-668: A six-days-a-week format. On January 21, 2020, it was announced that the Miami Herald would close its Doral printing plant and move its printing and packaging operations to the South Florida Sun Sentinel 's printing facilities in Deerfield Beach . The Herald stopped printing its own editions as of April 26, 2020. The Miami Herald sponsors several community involvement projects, such as those detailed below. The Wish Book program lets community members who are suffering from hardships ask for help from

1380-509: Is a Crisis Care/Transitional Care Unit that will house inmates that require inpatient mental health treatment. The projected inmate population once these units are complete will be approximately 4000 housed within the 6 units that Lowell Correctional Institution will encompass. In 2015 the Miami Herald announced it was going to publish an investigative series, "Beyond Punishment," on Lowell CI, alleging misconduct. The newspaper published

1449-413: Is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after an individual is found guilty of a capital offense in states where execution is a legal penalty, the judge will give the jury the option of imposing a death sentence or life imprisonment unparoled. It

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1518-963: Is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County , Florida . Founded in 1903, it is the fifth-largest newspaper in Florida, serving Miami-Dade, Broward , and Monroe counties. It once circulated throughout Florida, Latin America , and the Caribbean . The Miami Herald has been awarded 24 Pulitzer Prizes . The newspaper has been awarded 24 Pulitzer Prizes since beginning publication in 1903. Well-known columnists include Pulitzer-winning political commentator Leonard Pitts Jr. , Pulitzer-winning reporter Mirta Ojito , humorist Dave Barry and novelist Carl Hiaasen . Other columnists have included Fred Grimm and sportswriters Michelle Kaufman ,

1587-555: Is currently under investigation for unsafe conditions with regards to the ongoing pandemic and nearly half of the inmates have tested positive as of September 11 2021 according to the Florida department of corrections (FDC, FDC Responds to COVID-19 at Lowell Correctional Institution). Inmates have taken to social media describing overcrowding, lack of medical care, and severe illness in some inmates. Lowell Correctional Institution houses female offenders at all security levels, including juveniles age 14 to 18 and adults. The Lowell Annex, under

1656-494: Is named for, were held in contempt of court by the Dade County Circuit Court for two publications it made on November 2 and November 7 in 1944, both of which were critical of the court's operations. The Supreme Court sided with Pennekamp and the Herald , and ultimately held that under the facts of that case, "the danger to fair judicial administration has not the clearness and immediacy necessary to close

1725-599: Is sponsored by organizations with ties to South Florida; the cash awards have been made possible over the years in part by the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. Miami Herald Media Company, which owns the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald , is headquartered in Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida . The previous headquarters, One Herald Plaza, were located on

1794-481: Is then up to the jury to decide whether to give the death sentence; this usually has to be a unanimous decision. If the jury agrees on death, the defendant will remain on death row during appeal and habeas corpus procedures, which may continue for several decades. Opponents of capital punishment claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty over their fate constitute a form of psychological abuse and that especially long-time death row inmates are prone to develop

1863-632: The Broward Correctional Institution housed female death row inmates. Lowell Annex opened in April 2002. The female death row was moved to Lowell Annex in February 2003. In 2009, renovations of Lowell Correctional Institution started. The first phase was completed and (2) 180-bed open bay dormitories were placed online in the Summer of 2009. With the opening of these two dorm, several older dorms were taken out of service. In

1932-531: The Herald ' s oldest competitor until 1988, when it went out of business. During the Florida land boom of the 1920s , the Miami Herald was the largest newspaper in the world, as measured by lines of advertising. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Herald came close to receivership , but recovered. On October 25, 1939, John S. Knight , son of a noted Ohio newspaperman, bought

2001-662: The Herald challenged the law, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court unanimously overturned the Florida statute under the Press Freedom Clause of the First Amendment , ruling that "Governmental compulsion on a newspaper to publish that which 'reason' tells it should not be published is unconstitutional." The decision showed the limitations of a 1969 decision, Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission , in which

2070-581: The Herald from Frank B. Shutts. Knight became editor and publisher, and made his brother, James L. Knight , the business manager. The Herald had 383 employees. Lee Hills arrived as city editor in September 1942. He later became the Herald ' s publisher and eventually the chairman of Knight-Ridder Inc. , a position he held until 1981. The Herald was also involved in its first First Amendment Supreme Court case, Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331 (1946), in which it and one of its editors, John D. Pennekamp for whom John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

2139-475: The Herald won four Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards (then called the Penney-Missouri Awards) for General Excellence. The section won the award in 1960, the year of the awards' inauguration. In 1961, it won again, and the program director asked Anderson to sit the 1962 awards out. In 1963 the paper took second place, and in 1964 another first, and the paper was barred from competing for

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2208-482: The Herald , namely Miguel Cossio, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Juan Manuel Cao, Ariel Remos, Omar Claro, Helen Aguirre Ferre, Paul Crespo, and Ninoska Perez-Castellón, were also paid for programs on Radio Martí or TV Martí , both financed by the government of the United States through the Broadcasting Board of Governors , receiving a total of between US$ 15,000 and US$ 175,000 since 2001. In May 2011,

2277-481: The Herald Hunt , a unique annual puzzlehunt in the Miami area. The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the most highly regarded student awards programs in the United States. The Awards program recognizes outstanding individuals and leaders who have maintained good grades and have applied their knowledge and talents to contribute service to their schools and communities. The Silver Knight Awards program

2346-579: The Miami Herald and El Universal of Mexico City created an international joint venture, and in 2004 they together launched The Herald Mexico , a short-lived English-language newspaper for readers in Mexico. Its final issue was published in May 2007. On July 27, 2005, former Miami city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Herald ' s headquarters and phoned Herald columnist Jim DeFede, one of several telephone conversations that

2415-468: The Miami Herald on December 1, 1910. Shutts, originally from Indiana, had come to Florida to monitor the bankruptcy proceedings of the Fort Dallas Bank. Although it is the longest continuously published newspaper in Miami, the earliest newspaper in the region was The Tropical Sun , established in 1891. The Miami Metropolis , which later became The Miami News , was founded in 1896, and was

2484-482: The U.S. Southern Command center. The newspaper used 110,000 square feet (10,000 m ) of space for office purposes. In 2013 there were 650 people working there. The newspaper had purchased land adjacent to the headquarters to build the 119,000-square-foot (11,100 m ) printing plant. The newspaper, working during the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida , was to close its Doral offices in August 2020 and later relocate to

2553-638: The Department of Corrections completed a climate-controlled facility in South Florida to house long term pregnant inmates. Inmates in the final term of their pregnancy will remain housed at Lowell Correctional Institution. There are an additional (2) open bay dorms and (2) secure-cell housing units planned to begin in the final phase of the renovations. In 2010, the Lowell Correctional Institution Annex completed

2622-500: The Fall of 2009, Phase Two began and several mission changes were put into effect, elderly inmates were moved to climate controlled dormitories at the Lowell Correctional Institution Annex and the primary dormitory where wheelchair-using inmates were housed was demolished to make way for a new food service and canteen buildings. Another mission that has changed in 2009, is Lowell Correctional Institution's housing of Pregnant Inmates. In 2009

2691-565: The Hispanic community in the USA. In 1997, the Miami Herald assigned the first national reporter charged with covering LGBT news. Reporter Steve Rothaus, who had been with the paper since 1985, was assigned to this post. After more than 33 years with the paper, Rothaus retired in 2019 as part of a buyout offer made to 450 employees. In 2002, the Miami Herald launched its own Home & Design magazine (created by Sarah Harrelson ). In 2003,

2760-476: The Miami Herald for each category interviews the nominees in that category. Each panel selects one Silver Knight and three Honorable Mentions in its category for each of the two counties (30 Silver Knights and 90 Honorable Mentions each year). The honorees are revealed during the Silver Knight Awards ceremony, televised locally from Miami's James L. Knight Center . In 2020, Silver Knights received

2829-536: The Netherlands, and Switzerland all called for abolition entirely. According to Amnesty International , Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran were responsible for most known executions worldwide in 2020. When the United Kingdom had capital punishment , there were generally no 'death rows'. The condemned were however separated from the general prison population in one of two 'condemned cells' located adjacent to

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2898-453: The United States received persistent criticism on its use of capital punishment during a United Nations review of its human rights record. Many allies of the United States urged that the U.S. cease executions. France urged the US halt executions, Germany suggested a federal moratorium on and eventual abolition, Austria called for immediate cessation of executions and then abolition, and Australia,

2967-478: The United States, prisoners may wait many years before execution can be carried out due to the complex and time-consuming appeals procedures mandated in the jurisdiction. The time between sentencing and execution increased relatively steadily between 1977 and 2010, including a 21% jump between 1989 and 1990 and a similar jump between 2008 and 2009. In 2010, a death row inmate waited an average of 178 months (14 years and 10 months) between sentencing and execution. Nearly

3036-472: The columnist, holding that the potential violation was "without a (living) victim or a complainant". On September 8, 2006, the Miami Herald ' s president Jesús Díaz Jr. fired three journalists because they had allegedly been paid by the United States government to work for anti-Cuba propaganda TV and radio channels. The three were Pablo Alfonso, Wilfredo Cancio Isla and Olga Connor. Less than

3105-418: The death row phenomenon emerge in countries under its jurisdiction. A condemn cell, also known as a death row cell, is a designated room within a prison where individuals who have been sentenced to death as a legal punishment are held until their execution. This specialized cell is a temporary holding area specifically designed for individuals awaiting capital punishment. Condemn cells are constructed with

3174-614: The door of permissible public comment, and the judgment is reversed as violative of petitioners' right of free expression in the press under the First and Fourteenth Amendments." The Miami Herald International Edition , printed by partner newspapers throughout the Caribbean and Latin America , began in 1946. It is commonly available at resorts in the Caribbean countries such as the Dominican Republic , and, though printed by

3243-551: The execution chamber. Sentenced inmates were given one appeal. If that appeal was found to involve an important point of law it was taken up to the House of Lords , and if the appeal was successful, at that point the sentence was changed to life imprisonment. The Home Secretary had the power to exercise the Sovereign's royal prerogative of mercy to grant a reprieve on execution and change the sentence to life imprisonment. Essentially

3312-580: The execution of murderer James Virrels had to await the prior double execution of murderers/robbers Joseph Brown and Edward Smith a day earlier, before going ahead on April 26. In some Caribbean countries that still authorize execution, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the ultimate court of appeals. It has upheld appeals by prisoners who have spent several years under sentence of death, stating that it does not desire to see

3381-590: The first all female prison was opened in Lowell, as Florida Correctional Institution. All women at the state prison in Raiford were transferred to this facility. At that time the prison became the death row for women in Florida. The Forest Hills School for Girls, previously belonging to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services , was added to Florida C.I. in 1973. The Levy Forestry Camp

3450-412: The infection was brought into the facility. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-florida-prisoner-cheryl-weimer-paralyzed-medical-release-20200910-p5cmx26ldfexvgfiuw436gcpne-story.html Death row Death row , also known as condemned row , is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term

3519-462: The largest local newspaper Listín Diario , it is not available outside such tourist areas. It was extended to Mexico in 2002. The Herald won its first Pulitzer Prize in 1950, for its reporting on Miami's organized crime . Its circulation was 176,000 daily and 204,000 on Sundays. On August 19, 1960, construction began on the Herald building on Biscayne Bay . Also on that day, Alvah H. Chapman , started work as James Knight's assistant. Chapman

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3588-647: The late Edwin Pope , Dan Le Batard , Bea Hines and Greg Cote. The Miami Herald participates in "Politifact Florida", a website that focuses on Florida issues, with the Tampa Bay Times . The Herald and the Times share resources on news stories related to Florida. In 1903, Frank B. Stoneman, father of Marjory Stoneman Douglas , reorganized and moved the Orlando Record to Miami. The first edition

3657-451: The only European country to use the death penalty. Around 70% of the world's countries have abolished capital punishment. These countries are frequently concerned with their citizens in the United States criminal system. There have even been instances of other countries citing human rights laws against the United States, or refusing to extradite incriminating material, in fear of their citizens being put on death row. On November 9, 2020,

3726-449: The paper announced it had sold 14 acres (5.7 ha) of Biscayne Bayfront land surrounding its headquarters in the Arts & Entertainment District of Downtown Miami for $ 236   million, to a Malaysian resort developer, Genting Malaysia Berhad . McClatchy announced that the Herald and El Nuevo Herald would be moving to another location by 2013. In May 2013, the paper moved to

3795-531: The paper's readers. Wishes have included asking for donations to buy medical equipment for a sick child, help with renovations to make a home wheelchair -accessible, monetary donations to an impoverished family dealing with cancer treatments, and help to an elderly resident wanting to learn how to use a computer . Readers may donate to specific causes or to the program at large. The Herald also co-sponsors spelling bees and athletic awards in South Florida. The "Tropic" section and its columnist Dave Barry run

3864-567: The prison workshops and farms. The degree of segregation between males and females in comparison to other prisons was not possible. Facilities for black and white girls were also segregated. Black girls were housed at Raiford with adult offenders. White girls were held at The Industrial School for Girls in Ocala where Lowell Correctional Institution would later be established. The Industrial School for Girls provided institutional care for an average of 80 to 100 delinquent girls, mostly white. In April 1956,

3933-440: The speedy process from conviction to execution, re-sentencing or reprieve meant that there were low numbers, (if any) prisoners under sentence of death at any one time and so there was no need for a 'death row'. Assistant executioner Syd Dernley used the term "death row" in his 1990 memoir The Hangman's Tale to refer to the situation at Wandsworth Prison in April 1951 where, as only up to two persons could be hanged at one time,

4002-542: The supervision of the Lowell Correctional Institution, houses an inmate reception center. It also houses close security and death row inmates. The Lowell Correctional Institution Work Camp houses inmates whose custody level allows them to work outside the gates and with the public. The Lowell Correctional Institution Boot "C.A.M.P." Jones (Correctional Alternative Military Program), is a boot camp for young offenders. The C.A.M.P. Jones facility

4071-465: The two had had during the day, to say that he had a package for DeFede. He then asked a security officer to tell his (Teele's) wife Stephanie that he loved her, before pulling out a gun and committing suicide . This happened the day the Miami New Times , a weekly newspaper, published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs, including allegations that he had had sex and used cocaine with

4140-594: The use of condemn cells in relation to capital punishment . The issue has sparked debates on various aspects, including human rights, the efficacy of the death penalty, and the treatment of individuals awaiting execution. Several Bangladeshi prisons house inmates on trial in condemn cells, which is met with severe criticism. There have been instances where acquitted people have been confined in condemn cells, for multiple years. Miami Herald 25°48′25″N 80°20′38″W  /  25.8070°N 80.3440°W  / 25.8070; -80.3440 The Miami Herald

4209-477: Was added in 1995 with a primary mission of providing labor for the Division of Forestry. In July 1997, C.A.M.P. Jones was opened as the only "boot camp"- style program for young female offenders in Florida. In 1998, Florida C.I. was combined with Marion C.I., changing the name to Lowell C.I. / Women's Unit. Then in 2000, the prison was renamed Lowell C.I. and began housing youthful pregnant offenders. At some point

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4278-419: Was convicted of Cermak's murder and sentenced to death. Due to Florida law, an inmate could not be housed in a cell with an inmate who was awaiting execution so a prisoner awaiting execution was to be held in a separate waiting cell. Raiford Prison , where Zangara was being held, already had one prisoner waiting in their "death cell" so the waiting area was expanded to a row of cells, becoming a "Death Row". In

4347-580: Was defunded in 2011 along with several other facilities statewide. The C.A.M.P. Jones program was moved to the Lowell Work Camp in an effort to continue to offer its rehabilitative benefits to those that qualify for the program. Lowell's Main Unit currently hosts the E.D.P Program for offenders aged 14 to 21. The Levy Forestry Camp, a forestry work camp located 30 miles (48 km) away in Bronson,

4416-852: Was instituted at the Miami Herald in 1959 by John S. Knight , past publisher of The Miami Herald, founder and editor emeritus of Knight-Ridder Newspapers and winner of the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. The program is open to high school seniors with a minimum 3.2 GPA (unweighted) in public, charter, private, and parochial schools in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Students may be recognized in one of 15 categories: Art, Athletics, Business, Digital and Interactive (previously New Media), Drama, English and Literature, General Scholarship, Journalism, Mathematics, Music and Dance, Science, Social Science, Speech, Vocational-Technical, and World Languages. Each school may only nominate one student per category. A panel of independent judges appointed by

4485-726: Was later promoted to Knight-Ridder chairman and chief executive officer. The Herald moved into its new building at One Herald Plaza without missing an edition on March 23–24, 1963. The paper also won another press freedom case in Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974). In the case, Pat Tornillo Jr., president of the United Teachers of Dade, had requested that the Herald print his rebuttal to an editorial criticizing him, citing Florida's "right-to-reply" law, which mandated that newspapers print such responses. Represented by longtime counsel Dan Paul ,

4554-476: Was likely guilty of a felony. Many journalists and readers of the Herald disagreed with the decision to fire rather than suspend DeFede, arguing that it had been made in haste and that the punishment was disproportionate to the offense. 528 journalists, including about 200 current and former Herald staffers, called on the Herald to reinstate DeFede, but the paper's management refused to back down. The state attorney's office later declined to file charges against

4623-550: Was not necessary at that point to be located in the city center, and remaining there would be too expensive. The newspaper moved to its current Doral headquarters in 2013. On April 28, 2014, demolition began on the building on Biscayne Bay between the MacArthur and Venetian causeways. In a later period it was headquartered in Doral, Florida . It is located in a two‑story, 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m ) building that had been

4692-557: Was published September 15, 1903, as the Miami Evening Record . After the recession of 1907, the newspaper had severe financial difficulties. In December 1907 it began to publish as the Miami Morning News-Record . Its largest creditor was Henry Flagler . Through a loan from Henry Flagler, Frank B. Shutts, who was also the founder of the law firm Shutts & Bowen , acquired the paper and renamed it

4761-715: Was under the supervision of Lowell Correctional Institution until it was defunded and closed in 2012. This camp provided labor for the Florida Division of Forestry, while it was in operation. Prior to the opening of the women's prison, female offenders in Florida were housed at the Florida State Prison , Raiford, in segregated units separate from the males. They were housed at the State Prison, Raiford in wooden dorms. The quarters were overcrowded and used double beds. Women worked in separate sections of

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