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Dade Correctional Institution/Homestead Correctional Institution. The Dade Correctional Institution (Dade CI or DCI) is a prison in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, [2] near Florida City, [3] and south of Homestead, [4] in Greater Miami. It houses adult males. It opened in September 1996. [3]
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.
The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States. As of July 2022, FDC had an inmate population of approximately 84,700 and over 200,000 offenders in community supervision programs. [3] It is the largest agency administered by the State of Florida with a budget of $3.3 billion. [4]
Miami-Dade could be the potential site for a new state prison. ... as a place to build a new 600-bed hospital for Florida inmates. The land is currently already under the Department of Corrections ...
After a decade of federal monitors faulting Miami-Dade County jails, inspectors say the Corrections Department has met all demands set by the U.S. Department of Justice in a 2013 lawsuit against ...
In 1930, the Dade County Stockade was built at S.W. 87th Avenue and 61st Street. This building later served as the Fire Department Headquarters for many years, and remains in use by the County Fire Department. By 1950, the Dade County area had been reduced to its present size of approximately 2,139 square miles.
A Miami-Dade jail inmate found unconscious in his cell last month died of a fentanyl overdose, the latest in a string of inmate deaths that have alarmed a federal court monitoring the troubled ...
The Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is an agency of the government of Miami-Dade County, Florida. It has its headquarters in the Gladeview census-designated place in an unincorporated area. [1] The agency has the eighth largest jail system in the United States. As of 2012 about 6,000 people are incarcerated in the ...