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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 (FDC) is the government agency responsible for operating state prisons in the U.S. state of Florida. It has its headquarters in the state capital of Tallahassee. The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States.
The DOC operates the Central Detention Facility (), at 1901 D Street Southeast.The jail opened in 1976. [4]In 1985, a federal judge in the case of Campbell v.McGruder, a lawsuit filed against the District of Columbia for unconstitutional jail conditions, set a population cap of 1,674 inmates for the D.C. Jail. [5] This judicially imposed cap was lifted in 2002, after seventeen years.
There were three suicides over the period of two months. [11] [12] An HIV-positive deaf man sued the D.C. Jail, claiming he was denied medical care and was retaliated against for complaining about jail conditions. [13] [14] In 2014, there was debate over health care provider services at the jail. [15] [16]
Florida logs reports of serious incidents that occur inside its juvenile prisons, but the state does not maintain a database that allows for the analysis of trends across the system. HuffPost obtained the documents through Florida’s public records law and compiled incident reports logged between 2008 and 2012.
It is estimated that between 1977 - 1981, more than 70,000 Haitians (possibly up to 200,000) [3] and as many as 125,000 Cubans (Mariel Boatlift) "Marielitos" migrated to South Florida with many of them being detained at the facility until their legal status was
A woman who has been in a Florida county jail since June 2022 is pregnant, according to her sister and her attorney, who are demanding answers from corrections officials.
A woman who has been in a Florida jail since 2022 ... She shared photos with NBC News of Link with blood on her shoulders and head that Montaner said was the result of abuse Link had endured days ...