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United States — Florida
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County commissioners may put certain county jail prisoners to labor on county roads, bridges, public works, or other qualifying county projects.
United States — Florida
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County commissioners must provide substantial food, clothing, shoes, and medical attention for county prisoners working on county public works.
United States — Florida
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Detention facilities may seek reimbursement for prisoner medical expenses, and prisoners receiving care must cooperate; a noncooperating prisoner may face a lien and loss of gain-time.
United States — Florida
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Local detention facilities must assess prisoners’ finances for subsistence-cost payment, excluding exempt income; correctional officers may order payment and use liens, and prisoners must get notice and a chance to object.
United States — Florida
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A prisoner discharged after serving a sentence, or after a pardon or parole, must be given transportation or equivalent money back to the place where the prisoner was sentenced.
United States — Florida
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County commissioners may require county prisoners to work on county public works, may hire them out to another county, or may lease them to the Department of Transportation.
United States — Florida
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County commissioners must appoint correctional officers, set their salaries, and pay those salaries from county general revenue; chief correctional officers must enforce rules and discipline, and officers guilty of gross negligence or cruel treatment must be discharged immediately.
United States — Florida
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The sheriff may be designated chief correctional officer if the county commission adopts an ordinance by majority vote, and if designated the sheriff must appoint necessary officers, enforce state law on county jails, and include jail officer salaries in the proposed budget.
United States — Florida
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The county may contract with a private entity to run and maintain a county detention facility and supervise prisoners, subject to stated conditions.
United States — Florida
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Certain correctional and county detention facilities may keep operating under their current agreement or contract.
United States — Florida
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Contractor-employed correctional officers must be certified and meet minimum qualifications; the county must submit fingerprints for background checks, and the county and private entity may not receive criminal records directly.
United States — Florida
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A prisoner cannot be compelled to labor more than 10 hours per day, and cannot be punished for refusing to labor beyond that limit.
United States — Florida
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County prisoners may not be leased to work for private interests.
United States — Florida
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In certain counties, the board of county commissioners may turn county prisoners over to trustees to work on the county’s public roads, if the county’s roads are already under a qualifying board’s control.
United States — Florida
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County prisoners may be worked on county roads, and county commissioners may exchange prisoners with another county if their jail has fewer than five prisoners.
United States — Florida
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County commissioners may have to transfer prisoners to another county when local capacity is exceeded, and the receiving county must cover guarding, maintenance, and return costs.
United States — Florida
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Certain appointed persons must make a complete return on time and otherwise perform their chapter duties, or face second-degree misdemeanor penalties.
United States — Florida
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Every working prisoner is entitled to a credit of 30 cents per day, together with subsistence, against fines and costs assessed against them.
United States — Florida
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People jailed in the county jail for not paying a fine and costs are entitled to a credit on that fine and costs, plus subsistence, based on the time they are imprisoned.
United States — Florida
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The county must provide women inmates equal access to programs and privileges, and provide special care for pregnant inmates and children born in custody.