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The Florida Department of Corrections [1] is divided into four regions, each representing a specific geographical area of the state. Region I [ 2 ] is the panhandle area, Region II [ 3 ] is the north-east and north-central areas, Region III [ 4 ] consist of central Florida and Region IV [1] which covers the southern portion of the peninsula.
This is a list of lists of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories): US State Prisons Per State Alabama
The Reception and Medical Center (RMC) is a state prison and hospital for men located in unincorporated Union County, Florida, [1] with a Lake Butler postal address. The facility was founded in 1968 as an intake and processing point for all male state prisoners and a secure medical facility.
The prison now known as Florida State Prison opened in 1961 as the East Annex; at the time of opening it began to house the execution chamber. [15] At some point the Broward Correctional Institution housed female death row inmates. [16] Lowell Annex opened in April 2002. [17] The female death row was moved to Lowell Annex in February 2003. [18]
It is often considered one of the "toughest" and "most dangerous" prisons in the state of Florida. The adjacent Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Annex opened in 2006, and houses another 1,478 inmates at the same security levels. [2] Also nearby is the privately operated Blackwater River Correctional Facility with Florida state inmates.
Former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an avid supporter of prison privatization, received more than $15,000 from company executives during state and federal races. The company has given more in Florida over the past 15 years than the combined donations of Office Depot and Darden Restaurants, Inc., two of the state's largest Fortune ...
Marion Correctional Institution is a state prison for men in unincorporated Marion County, Florida, [1] near Ocala. It is owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections . [ 2 ] The facility houses a maximum of 1324 inmates at a mix of security levels.
Florida leads the nation in placing state prisons in the hands of private, profit-making companies. In recent years, the state has privatized the entirety of its $183 million juvenile commitment system — the nation’s third-largest, trailing only California and Texas.