Repeat Child Sex Offender Used Florida Prison Tablet to Sell CSAM to Fellow Inmates for Commissary, Sentenced to 20 More Years in Prison
TALLAHASSEE - On August 10, a sex offender imprisoned for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Edward G. Winn, 48, was sentenced to 20 more years in prison after he used his tablet to sell CSAM to fellow inmates. This comes after further convictions for two counts of child abuse.
Case 1
In 2008, law enforcement officers in Sarasota County arrested Winn for raping and sexually abusing a child. The victim told police that Winn threatened to kill her if she reported the sexual abuse.
Winn was sentenced to just five years in prison followed by three years of probation after prosecutors changed the charges to two counts of child abuse. He was initially facing one count of sexual battery against a victim under 12 and one count unlawful sexual activity with a 12-16 year old victim.
Case 2
Following his release, Winn became invested in CSAM, leading to his arrest for possessing dozens of CSAM photos/videos. He was convicted and sentenced to 478.5 months in state prison (roughly 40 years) followed by 15 years of probation.
Case 3
In December 2025, federal prosecutors secured a three-count indictment from a grand jury against Winn for acquiring, possessing and sharing CSAM.
While incarcerated at the Madison Correctional Institution, authorities discovered that Winn was using his prison-issued tablet to receive CSAM from the internet and distribute it to other inmates. Investigators seized Winn’s tablet and he agreed to speak with them.
Winn said his online screen name was “Uncle Ducky” and that the tablet was “jail broken” so he could access the dark web. Winn indicated that he acquired the CSAM from a dark web website and admitted to distributing CSAM to other inmates in exchange for commissary. Winn said he used an airdrop application to share the CSAM. Winn advised that his tablet had software allowing him to circumvent security measures put in place by the Florida Department of Corrections.
Winn told investigators they would “probably” find CSAM during a forensic examination of his tablet but said not all of it was “his.” Winn explained that he would get an “order” from an inmate for a specific type of CSAM, locate it on the dark web and then air drop it to them for a fee.
The state gave the tablet to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a forensic examination, which identified 388 CSAM images. The extraction indicated that Winn downloaded CSAM on his prison tablet as early as May 2024, however, he was not caught until July 2024.
In March 2026, Winn agreed to plead guilty to receiving and distributing CSAM and prosecutors dropped the possession charge. He faced a maximum sentence of 80 years in federal prison, with the lowest permissible sentence being 15 years.
Chief District Judge Allen Winsor sentenced Winn to 20 years in federal prison consecutive to his state sentence, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Due to his age and the length of his sentence, there is a significant probability that Winn will die in prison.
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Winn is currently incarcerated at the Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution.
At this time, it’s not immediately clear if the federal government has identified and charged the inmates Winn sold CSAM to. It’s also unclear if staff at the Madison Correctional Institution conducted a prison-wide search of inmate tablets immediately following this incident. GnvInfo will reach out to the involved agencies during the weekday for comment, or attempt to find the answers through records requests if they are unresponsive.
