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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]
In 1959, the first Transition Officers were hired to help inmates with placement after they were released. In 1960, a new six-digit numbering system to identify inmates was implemented. In 1961, the official newsletter for the Division of Corrections, the Correctional Compass, debuted. Also that year, complete control of the state’s Road ...
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.
The county jail retains prisoners who have been sentenced to a year or less. Longer sentences must be served in state prisons, such as the facility in Sharpes for young men. A unit of the Coast Guard, homeported at Port Canaveral, plays a role in preventing illegal immigration, and is an interdictor of drugs in the area.
United States Army Corrections Command operated facilities [1] United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas; Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas; Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Lewis, Washington
Dade Juvenile Residential Facility (unincorporated Miami-Dade County) [66] Miami Youth Academy; Okeechobee Juvenile Offender Corrections Center ; Staff secure: Pompano Substance Abuse Treatment Center (Pompano Beach) [67] Palm Beach Youth Academy (West Palm Beach) Non-secure Broward Youth Treatment Center (Pembroke Pines) [68]
It was formerly known as the "Florida State Prison-East Unit" as it was originally part of Florida State Prison near Raiford (now known as Union Correctional Institution). The facility, a part of the Florida Department of Corrections, is located on State Road 16 right across the border from Union County. The institution opened in 1961, even ...