Department of Corrections
What is the purpose of the department?
What activities are performed by the department?
The department's activities include the following.
Institutions are geographically grouped into four regions. These facilities include major institutions, annexes, work camps, re-entry centers, road prisons/forestry camps, a basic training camp, and work release centers. The Tallahassee Central Office provides support, policy, and oversight through the regional directors and their staff to all the facilities. Programs and Re-Entry provides programming such as adult education programs , career and technical education programs, and substance abuse treatment that assists with re-integration into the community. The department's chaplaincy services provide for the spiritual needs of inmates and offenders. The community transition team partners with industry, re-entry service, workforce development, and education providers as well as trade and professional associations to facilitate re-entry services and employment for inmates returning to the community and offenders under community supervision . Health Services oversees the delivery of health care services in order to provide inmates with a constitutional standard of care . The department contracts with Centurion of Florida, LLC , to provide comprehensive inmate medical, mental health, and dental services statewide under a managed care model. Department staff . Probation Services monitors and supervises adult offenders through probation offices across the state. This includes offenders released from prison on parole, conditional release, or conditional medical release and those placed on court ordered supervision including regular probation, administrative probation, drug offender probation, sex offender probation, and community control. Aiming to protect the community by enforcing standard conditions of supervision stipulated by statute, as well as special conditions imposed by the court or sentencing authority, these conditions can include victim restitution, substance abuse or mental health treatment programs, and other sanctions or restrictions. Correctional probation officers monitor offender compliance through contacts at their residences, employment sites, and other locations in the community and conduct investigations, including pre-sentence investigations, other state investigations, and violation reports . In addition, officers make appropriate referrals to assist the offender with resources available to complete their term of supervision successfully.
Are there any private contractor-operated prisons in Florida?
How are these activities funded?
The funding information listed below is provided by Transparency Florida.