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The Desoto Annex is a state prison for men located in Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. [ 1 ] This facility has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close, and houses adult male offenders.
The Florida Civil Commitment Center, located at 13619 Highway 70, Arcadia, Florida, is a mental health/correctional facility which houses sex offenders civilly committed. The site is that of the former DeSoto Correctional Work Camp, adjacent to the DeSoto Correctional Institution . [ 1 ]
The Florida Department of Corrections [1] is divided into four regions, each representing a specific geographical area of the state. Region I [ 2 ] is the panhandle area, Region II [ 3 ] is the north-east and north-central areas, Region III [ 4 ] consist of central Florida and Region IV [1] which covers the southern portion of the peninsula.
An arrest has been made in connection with the escape of DeSoto County Adult Detention Center inmate Joshua Zimmerman in June. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged ...
R.O. Culver was appointed as the first Director beginning on July 1, 1957. Under his leadership and the new Correctional Code, the general philosophy shifted from punishment to correction and rehabilitation. Also in this year, the first Classification Staff were hired at Florida State Prison and a card system for inmate records was implemented.
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Florida courts. Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Florida" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
Scruggs was detained for alleged possession of a controlled substance, according to prison records. Scruggs died from a seizure secondary to left frontal lobectomy due to a traumatic brain injury (from a motor vehicle accident a decade prior), according to the medical examiner. Jail or Agency: St. Louis County - Dept. of Justice Services; State ...
The East Unit became a separate institution in July 1972, renamed Florida State Prison. The original prison site became known as Union Correctional Institution. In 1983, a Corrections Officer was stabbed to death by two inmates. [6] A new Death Row was constructed in 1992, coinciding with the relocation of inmates from the State Prison next ...