The

Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. state of Florida. It has its headquarters in Florida's capital of Tallahassee. The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the ...

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) 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 ope ...

). 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 th ...

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 se ...

or county jails located in the state of Florida. * Apalachee Correctional Institution, East Unit (capacity 1322) * Apalachee Correctional Institution, West Unit (operating capacity 819) * Avon Park Correctional Institution (capacity 956) * Baker Correctional Institution (capacity 1165) * Calhoun Correctional Institution (capacity 1354) * Central Florida Reception Center (capacity 1659) * Central Florida Reception Center, East Unit (capacity 1407) * Central Florida Reception Center, South Unit (capacity 150) * Century Correctional Institution (capacity 1345) * Charlotte Correctional Institution (capacity 1291) * Columbia Correctional Institution (capacity 1427) * Columbia Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1566) * Cross City Correctional Institution (capacity 1802) * Cross City East Unit (capacity 432) * Dade Correctional Institution (capacity 1521) * Desoto Annex (capacity 1453) * Everglades Correctional Institution (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 ...

(capacity 1460) * Florida State Prison, West Unit (capacity 802) * Florida Women's Reception Center (women's facility) (capacity 1345) * Franklin Correctional Institution' (capacity 1346) * Gulf Correctional Institution (capacity 1568) * Gulf Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1398) *

Hamilton Correctional Institution The Hamilton Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida Hamilton County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population ...

(capacity 1177) * Hamilton Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1408) * Hardee Correctional Institution (capacity 1541) * Hernando Correctional Institution (capacity 467; women's facility) * Holmes Correctional Institution (capacity 1185) * Homestead Correctional Institution (capacity 668; women's facility) * Jackson Correctional Institution (capacity 1346) * Jefferson Correctional Institution (capacity 1179) * Lake Correctional Institution (capacity 1093) * Lancaster Correctional Institution (capacity 732) * Lawtey Correctional Institution (capacity 832) * Liberty Correctional Institution (capacity 1330) * Lowell Correctional Institution (women's facility) (capacity 1456) * 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, Lafayette County, Florida Lafayette County is a county located in the north central portion of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population wa ...

(capacity 2172) * Wakulla Correctional Institution (capacity 1397) * Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex (capacity 1532) * Walton Correctional Institution (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 (MTC) * Lake City Correctional Facility (

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 (GEO Group) * South Bay Correctional Facility (GEO Group)

Closed

* Demilly Correctional Institution *

Broward Correctional Institution The Broward Correctional Institution (BCI) was a correctional facility located in the former Country Estates CDP and in Southwest Ranches, Florida Southwest Ranches is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburban community p ...

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

Footnotes

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Prisons A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correct ...