945.01 Definitions.—As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise: (1) “Correctional system” means all prisons and other correctional institutions now existing or hereafter created under the jurisdiction of the department. (2) “Department” means the Department of Corrections. (3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Corrections. (4) “Reception center” means […]
945.025 Jurisdiction of department.— (1) The Department of Corrections shall have supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of the inmates, buildings, grounds, property, and all other matters pertaining to the following facilities and programs for the imprisonment, correction, and rehabilitation of adult offenders: (a) Department of Corrections adult correctional institutions; (b) Department of Corrections youthful offender institutions; (c) Department […]
945.0311 Employment of relatives.— (1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Department” means the Department of Corrections. (b) “Relative” means an individual who is related to another as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or […]
945.035 Notice of employment, appointment, or separation; response by the correctional officer; duty of department.— (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “commission” refers to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. (2) Pursuant to s. 943.139, the department shall immediately notify the commission in writing, on a form adopted by the commission, of the employment […]
945.04 Department of Corrections; general function; seal; use of inmate labor.— (1) The Department of Corrections shall be responsible for the inmates and for the operation of, and shall have supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of, all buildings, grounds, property of, and matters connected with, the correctional system. (2) The Department of Corrections may adopt an […]
945.041 Reports.—The department shall publish on its website and make available to the public the following information, updated on a quarterly basis: (1) Inmate admissions by offense type. Burglary of dwelling offenses under s. 810.02(2) and (3)(a) and (b) shall be reported as a separate category from all other property crimes. (2) The recidivism rate. As used in […]
945.043 Department-operated day care services.— (1) The department shall have the authority to establish and operate child care services for department employees. Child care enhances the department’s ability to recruit and retain employees in remote or understaffed areas. Child care centers must be located on or adjacent to the grounds of an institution or facility, and must […]
945.047 Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department.— (1) The Department of Corrections shall employ only physicians, osteopathic physicians, or chiropractic physicians holding licenses in good standing to practice medicine in this state, except that, by October 1, 1980, no more than 10 percent of the total number of such physicians […]
945.091 Extension of the limits of confinement; restitution by employed inmates.— (1) The department may adopt rules permitting the extension of the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate as to whom there is reasonable cause to believe that the inmate will honor his or her trust by authorizing the inmate, under prescribed conditions and […]
945.0913 Inmates prohibited from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a work-release program.—An inmate may not drive a state-owned vehicle for the purpose of transporting inmates who are participating in a work-release program authorized in s. 945.091(1)(b). History.—s. 2, ch. 2003-141.
945.092 Limits on work-release and minimum security custody for persons who have committed the crime of escape.—A person who has ever been convicted, regardless of adjudication, of the offense of escape, as prohibited by s. 944.40 or its successor, or as prohibited by a similar law of another state, is not eligible for any work-release program […]
945.10 Confidential information.— (1) Except as otherwise provided by law or in this section, the following records and information held by the Department of Corrections are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution: (a)1. Mental health, medical, or substance abuse records of an inmate or an offender; […]
945.12 Transfers for rehabilitative treatment.— (1) The Department of Corrections is authorized to transfer substance abuse impaired persons, as defined in chapter 397, and tuberculous or other prisoners requiring specialized services to appropriate public or private facilities or programs for the purpose of providing specialized services or treatment for as long as the services or treatment is […]
945.215 Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds.— (1) INMATE PURCHASES; DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.— (a) The net proceeds from operating inmate canteens, vending machines used primarily by inmates and visitors, hobby shops, and other such facilities must be deposited into the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund or, as provided in paragraph (2)(b), into the General Revenue Fund; […]
945.21501 Employee Benefit Trust Fund.— (1) There is hereby created in the Department of Corrections the Employee Benefit Trust Fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall be to: (a) Construct, operate, and maintain training and recreation facilities at correctional facilities for the exclusive use of department employees. Any facility constructed using funds from the Employee Benefit Trust […]
945.21503 Federal Grants Trust Fund.— (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Corrections. (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and funding from the […]
945.2151 Verifying social security numbers.—Prior to opening a canteen account pursuant to s. 945.215, an inmate who is eligible to receive a social security number must report his or her social security number. The department shall, in adherence with its agreement with the Social Security Administration and in a timely manner, submit sufficient and necessary information […]
945.25 Records.— (1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Corrections to obtain and place in its records information as complete as practicable on every person who may be sentenced to supervision or incarceration under the jurisdiction of the department. Such information shall be obtained as soon as possible after imposition of sentence and shall, […]
945.27 Proceedings by department.— (1) Whenever it becomes necessary to increase the number of prison beds by acquiring private property for the construction of new correctional facilities or for the expansion of existing facilities, and the property cannot be acquired by agreement satisfactory to the Department of Corrections and the parties interested in, or the owners of, […]
945.28 Selection of probation or parole offices by the department; public notice.— (1) Beginning July 1, 1995, whenever the department is going to enter into a contract for the lease or purchase of a probation and parole office space to be used by the department, the department shall provide notice, by publication in the county in which […]
