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A nationwide labor shortage and challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for the Okaloosa County Jail to find workers.
Okaloosa Correctional Institution (capacity 894) Okeechobee Correctional Institution (capacity 1632) Polk Correctional Institution (capacity 1208) Putnam Correctional Institution (capacity 458) Quincy Annex (capacity 408) Reception and Medical Center (capacity 1503) Reception and Medical Center, West Unit (capacity 1148)
Okaloosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the 2020 census, the population was 211,668. [1] Its county seat is Crestview. [2] Okaloosa County is included in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 2006, the Bureau of Prisons decided to cut costs by closing the Federal Prison Camp, Eglin, which was located at Eglin Air Force Base, in Okaloosa County, Florida, and moving the inmates to FPC Pensacola. [4] In July 2009, Forbes magazine listed the prison as the number two "cushiest prison" in the United States. [5]
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A judge denied bond on Tuesday for a fired deputy in the shooting of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed at the floor. Former Okaloosa ...
Okaloosa Youth Development Center (unincorporated Okaloosa County) [43] Hardware secure: Ft. Walton Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (A.S.A.P.) (unincorporated Okaloosa County) [44] Gulf Coast Youth Academy (unincorporated Okaloosa County) [45] Jackson Juvenile Offender Correctional Center (JJOCC) (Marianna) [46] Monticello New Life [47]
In December of 1921, 22-year-old Martin Tabert was arrested in Leon County for vagrancy. Tabert was ordered to pay $25 or spend three months at hard labor. His family immediately sent him $25 plus an additional $25 so he could return home, but through mishandling, the Leon County court never received the money.