Florida Department of Corrections
- Florida Department of Corrections
The Florida Department of Corrections was established in 1821.
Agency information
The Florida Department of Corrections is the third largest state prison system in the United States and is the largest agency in the State of Florida, with a budget of $2.3 billion, almost 94,000 inmates incarcerated and another 153,000 offenders on some type of community supervision.
The Florida Department of Corrections has 137 facilities statewide, including 60 prisons, 41 work/forestry camps, one treatment center, 30 work release centers and five road prisons. About three quarters of its staff of more than 27,000 employees are either certified correctional officers or probation officers. [ [http://www.dc.state.fl.us/about.html Florida Department of Corrections About Us page] ]
History
Florida's first penitentiary was opened in the U.S. arsenal property at Chattahoochee in 1868. [ [http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/timeline/1868-1876.html Florida DOCs Timeline page] ]
Facilities
List of Florida state prisons
Fallen Officers
Since the establishment of the Florida Department of Corrections, 24 officers have died in the line of duty. [ [http://www.odmp.org/agency/1276-florida-department-of-corrections-florida The Officer Down Memorial Page] ]
See also
* List of law enforcement agencies in Florida
* Florida State Prison
* Prison
* List of United States state correction agencies
* List of U.S. state prisons
References
External links
* Search Inmates [http://www.dc.state.fl.us/AppCommon/]
* [http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ Florida Department of Corrections website]
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