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The Brevard County Jail Complex is located in Sharpes. [9] It is owned and maintained by the Board of County Commissioners and operated by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. [10] The jail is accredited through the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission. The main jail opened in 1986 with beds for 386 inmates.
Privately operated prisons in Florida are called "Correctional Facilities" (for example, Lake City Correctional Facility) while state operated facilities are called "Correctional Institutions" (i.e. Union Correctional Institution). Florida State Prison is the only facility in the state officially titled a "Prison". [citation needed]
The Inmate Video Visitation System concept was first developed and installed by Datapoint Corporation for the Brevard County Jail Complex in Brevard County, Florida. The world's first inmate video visitation system was installed in late 1995 followed shortly thereafter with a similar installation at the St. Lucie County Jail in Ft. Pierce ...
Body camera footage from what officials have called "an attack" that took place inside a New York state correctional facility resulting in the death of an inmate was released by the New York State ...
Union Correctional Institution also houses male death row inmates while Lowell Annex houses female death row inmates. Inmates however are moved to Florida State Prison for "Death Watch" after their death warrant is signed by the governor of the State of Florida to await execution. [3] Lethal injection became the standard method of execution in ...
On December 12, 1979, there was an escape from the Brevard Correctional Institution in Sharpes, where McRae worked. [10] It was orchestrated by a 20-year-old inmate named Charles Edward Collingwood, who was serving a 4-year sentence for stealing an automobile, but due to his immaculate prison record, he was put in the minimum security section.
Almost 10 months after the inmate's death, no charges have been filed. His mother has filed a lawsuit. Lawton inmate was denied medical care for four days before he died, lawsuit says
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]