The Florida Department of Corrections is divided into four regions, each representing a specific geographical area of the state. Region I is the panhandle area, Region II is the north-east and north-central areas, Region III consist of central Florida and Region I

which covers the southern portion of the peninsula. There are several types of facilities in Florida, ranging from community work release centers to maximum security institutions. The State of Florida operates almost all of its major institutions and most of its lesser facilities. Privately operated prisons in Florida are called "Correctional Facilities" (for example,

Lake City Correctional Facility Lake City Correctional Facility is a private state prison for male youthful offenders ages 18 - 24, located in Lake City, Columbia County, Florida. It's been operated since 1997 by CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America ...

) while state operated facilities are called "Correctional Institutions" (i.e.

Union Correctional Institution The Union Correctional Institution, formerly referred to as Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison and State Prison Farm is a Florida Department of Corrections state prison located in unincorporated Union County, Florida, near Raiford. First o ...

). Florida State Prison is the only facility in the state officially titled a "Prison".

Facilities

This is a list of major institutions and attached minor units in

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

as of August 2016, including all private prisons with state contracts. It does not include

federal prisons A federal prison is operated under the jurisdiction of a federal government as opposed to a state or provincial body. Federal prisons are used for convicts who violated federal law (U.S., Mexico), inmates considered dangerous (Brazil), or those s ...

or county jails located in the state of Florida. *

Apalachee Correctional Institution, East Unit The Apalachee Correctional Institution, East Unit is a state prison for men located in Sneads, Jackson County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons ...

(capacity 1322) * Apalachee Correctional Institution, West Unit (operating capacity 819) * Avon Park Correctional Institution (capacity 956) *

Baker Correctional Institution The Baker Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Sanderson, Baker County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. s ...

(capacity 1165) *

Calhoun Correctional Institution The Calhoun Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the ...

(capacity 1354) *

Central Florida Reception Center The Central Florida Reception Center is a state prison for men located in Orlando, Orange County, Florida Orange County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,429,908, mak ...

(capacity 1659) * Central Florida Reception Center, East Unit (capacity 1407) * Central Florida Reception Center, South Unit (capacity 150) *

Century Correctional Institution The Century Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Century, Escambia County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. ...

(capacity 1345) *

Charlotte Correctional Institution The Charlotte Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility has a mix of security levels, including minimum, med ...

(capacity 1291) * Columbia Correctional Institution (capacity 1427) * Columbia Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1566) *

Cross City Correctional Institution The Cross City Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Cross City, Dixie County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the ...

(capacity 1802) * Cross City East Unit (capacity 432) *

Dade Correctional Institution The Dade Correctional Institution (Dade CI or DCI) is a prison in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, near Florida City,

(capacity 1521) * Desoto Annex (capacity 1453) *

Everglades Correctional Institution The Everglades Correctional Institution (also ECI) is a Level 5 security prison facility for adult males in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, in the state of Florida, near Miami. Originally planned as a mental health facility, it was converted to ...

(capacity 1788) *

Florida State Prison Florida State Prison (FSP), otherwise known as Raiford Prison, is a correctional institution located in unincorporated Bradford County, Florida. It was formerly known as the "Florida State Prison-East Unit" as it was originally part of Florida St ...

(capacity 1460) * Florida State Prison, West Unit (capacity 802) *

Florida Women's Reception Center The Florida Women's Reception Center (FWRC) is a state prison for women located in Ocala, Marion County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility has multiple missions for Florida state female inmates: " ...

(women's facility) (capacity 1345) *

Franklin Correctional Institution The Franklin Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Carrabelle, Franklin County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the ...

' (capacity 1346) *

Gulf Correctional Institution The Gulf Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. s ...

(capacity 1568) * Gulf Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1398) *

Hamilton Correctional Institution The Hamilton Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical syste ...

(capacity 1177) *

Hamilton Correctional Institution Annex The Hamilton Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. ...

(capacity 1408) *

Hardee Correctional Institution The Hardee Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Bowling Green, Hardee County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, a ...

(capacity 1541) * Hernando Correctional Institution (capacity 467; women's facility) *

Holmes Correctional Institution The Holmes Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Bonifay, Holmes County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. ...

(capacity 1185) * Homestead Correctional Institution (capacity 668; women's facility) *

Jackson Correctional Institution :''not to be confused with the Jackson Correctional Institution, Black River Falls, Wisconsin'' The Jackson Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Malone, Jackson County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Depart ...

(capacity 1346) *

Jefferson Correctional Institution The Jefferson Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in unincorporated area, unincorporated Jefferson County, Florida, with a Monticello, Florida, Monticello postal address, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corr ...

(capacity 1179) *

Lake Correctional Institution :''See also Lake City Correctional Facility in Lake City, Florida'' The Lake Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Clermont, Lake County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Flo ...

(capacity 1093) * Lancaster Correctional Institution (capacity 732) *

Lawtey Correctional Institution The Lawtey Correctional Institution (also LCI) is a Level 3 security prison facility for adult males in Lawtey, Florida Lawtey is a city in Bradford County, Florida, Bradford County, Florida, United States. The population was 730 at the 2010 ...

(capacity 832) *

Liberty Correctional Institution The Liberty Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Bristol, Liberty County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. ...

(capacity 1330) *

Lowell Correctional Institution Lowell Correctional Institution is a women's prison in unincorporated Marion County, Florida,Lowell Annex (women's facility) (capacity 1500) * Madison Correctional Institution (capacity 1189) * Marion Correctional Institution (capacity 1324) * Martin Correctional Institution (capacity 1509) *

Mayo Correctional Institution Annex The Mayo Correctional Institution Annex is a state prison for men located in Mayo Mayo often refers to: * Mayonnaise, often shortened to "mayo" * Mayo Clinic, a medical center in Rochester, Minnesota, United States Mayo may also refer to: Pla ...

(capacity 1345) * Northwest Florida Reception Center (capacity 1303) *

Northwest Florida Reception Center Annex Northwest Florida Reception Center is a state prison for men located in Chipley, Washington County, Florida Washington County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida, in the Panhandle. As of the 2020 census ...

(capacity 1415) * Okaloosa Correctional Institution (capacity 894) *

Okeechobee Correctional Institution The Okeechobee Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. Okeechobee has a mix of security levels, including minimum, me ...

(capacity 1632) *

Polk Correctional Institution The Polk Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Polk City, Polk County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. sta ...

(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) * Santa Rosa Correctional Institution (capacity 1614) * Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1478) * South Florida Reception Center (capacity 1315) * South Florida Reception Center, South Unit (capacity 699) * Sumter Correctional Institution (capacity 1639) * Suwannee Correctional Institution (capacity 1505) * Suwannee Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1346) * Taylor Correctional Institution (capacity 1301) *

Taylor Correctional Institution Annex The Taylor Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Perry, Taylor County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. state ...

(capacity 1409) *

Tomoka Correctional Institution The Tomoka Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the ...

(capacity 1263) *

(capacity 2172) * Wakulla Correctional Institution (capacity 1397) * Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1532) *

Walton Correctional Institution The Walton Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility has a mix of security levels, including minimum, mediu ...

(capacity 1201) * Zephyrhills Correctional Institution (capacity 758)

Private

* Bay Correctional Facility (operated by MTC) * Blackwater River Correctional Facility (GEO Group) * Gadsden Correctional Facility (

Management and Training Corporation Management & Training Corporation or MTC is a contractor that manages private prisons and United States Job Corps centers, based in Centerville, Utah. MTC's core businesses are corrections, education and training, MTC medical, and economic & soci ...

; women's facility) *

Graceville Correctional Facility The Graceville Correctional Facility is a private state prison for men located in Graceville, Jackson County, Florida, which has been operated since 2007 by CCA, GEO, and MTC under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections The Flo ...

(MTC) *

(

Corrections Corporation of America CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee by Thomas W. Beasle ...

) *

Moore Haven Correctional Facility The Moore Haven Correctional Facility is a private state prison for men located in Moore Haven, Florida, Moore Haven, Glades County, Florida, which is operated by GEO Group under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility ...

(GEO Group) *

South Bay Correctional Facility The South Bay Correctional Facility is a private state prison for men located in South Bay, Florida, South Bay, Palm Beach County, Florida, which is operated by GEO Group under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility ...

(GEO Group)

Closed

* Demilly Correctional Institution * Broward Correctional Institution * Hillsborough Correctional Institution * Gainesville Correctional Institution *

Glades Correctional Institution The Glades Correctional Institution was a Florida Department of Corrections state prison for men in unincorporated Palm Beach County, Florida, near Belle Glade.

(closed 2011) * Hendry County Correctional Institution * Indian River Correctional Institution * Mayo Correctional Institution (closed 2012)

Footnotes

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