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Florida Statutes § 944.02 — Definitions.
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This section defines several terms used in the chapter.
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Florida Statutes § 944.023 — Comprehensive correctional master plan.
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The department must develop a comprehensive correctional master plan and update it annually.
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Florida Statutes § 944.0231 — Reduction of capacity.
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If the state correctional population stays above 100% of capacity for 21 days, the Governor may use emergency powers to reduce it, must notify certain federal jurisdictions before transferring custody, and cannot transfer prisoners convicted of capital felonies or transfer to county or municipal jurisdictions in the st
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Florida Statutes § 944.024 — Adult intake and evaluation.
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Florida law says the state adult intake and evaluation system must include several pretrial, presentence, and postsentence services, and department facilities for that process must provide office and work space for commission staff.
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Florida Statutes § 944.026 — Community-based facilities and programs.
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The department must create and run community-based offender rehabilitation facilities and programs, including a minimum number of designated transition-assistance beds.
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Florida Statutes § 944.033 — Community correctional centers; existence; location; purpose; restriction.
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Florida law establishes community correctional centers, says they are for rehabilitating state inmates, bars placement of people convicted of sexual battery there, and requires public hearings before a facility is built, leased, or bought in a county.
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Florida Statutes § 944.053 — Forestry Work Camps.
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Florida’s Forestry Work Camps section assigns the Department of Corrections and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services site and operation duties, allows political subdivisions to provide camp sites, and limits who may be housed in the camps.
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Florida Statutes § 944.0611 — Department employees; personal vehicle damage claims.
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Some Department of Corrections employees may file reimbursement claims for damage to their personal vehicles used on official business, and the department must investigate and limit claims to the insurance deductible amount.
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Florida Statutes § 944.08 — Commitment to custody of department; venue of institutions.
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This section defines certain prison-related terms to mean custody of the Department of Corrections, and says state correctional institutions are treated as being in the county where they are located for judicial proceedings.
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Florida Statutes § 944.09 — Rules of the department; offenders, probationers, and parolees.
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The department may adopt rules for corrections operations, and it must include rules on listed inmate, probation, parole, and facility matters. Wardens must supervise institutions and enforce orders and rules.
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Florida Statutes § 944.091 — United States prisoners, board authorized.
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The department may board certain United States prisoners on request if they have less than 6 months left on their federal sentence and have family ties or job opportunities in the state, and only if space is available.
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Florida Statutes § 944.095 — Siting of additional correctional facilities; procedure.
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This section sets the procedure for siting additional correctional facilities, including local compliance review, possible modification requests, an appeal to the Governor and Cabinet, and final authorization if conditions are met.
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Florida Statutes § 944.096 — Budget requests for residential facility construction; estimates; appropriations; population in excess of capacity.
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Budget requests for new residential correctional facilities must use Criminal Justice Estimating Conference estimates.
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Florida Statutes § 944.10 — Department of Corrections to provide buildings; sale and purchase of land; contracts to provide services and inmate labor.
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The Department of Corrections must build and maintain correctional facilities, can use certain land and contracting tools only with stated limits, and must place collected fees in the Correctional Work Program Trust Fund.
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Florida Statutes § 944.105 — Contractual arrangements with contractor-operated entities for operation and maintenance of correctional facilities and supervision of inmates.
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The Department of Corrections may contract with private vendors for correctional facility operations and inmate supervision, but only if savings, service quality, and a specific appropriation requirement are satisfied.
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Florida Statutes § 944.11 — Department to regulate admission of books.
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The department must regulate what reading materials prisoners can receive in state institutions and may prohibit certain sexually explicit or nude materials.
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Florida Statutes § 944.115 — Smoking prohibited inside state correctional facilities.
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Smoking tobacco is prohibited in prohibited areas inside state correctional facilities, and inmates, employees, and visitors can be disciplined for violations.
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Florida Statutes § 944.14 — Supervision of correctional institutions; enforcement of orders and regulations.
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Wardens must supervise state correctional institutions and enforce orders, rules, and regulations, subject to the department’s policies and regulations.
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Florida Statutes § 944.151 — Safe operation and security of correctional institutions and facilities.
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The Department of Corrections is responsible for safe operation and security of correctional institutions, and the Secretary of Corrections must put in place inspections, audits, drills, reports, and security standards.
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Florida Statutes § 944.17 — Commitments and classification; transfers.
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This section governs how sentenced prisoners are committed, transferred, classified, and admitted into the state correctional system.
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