Chapter 951 — Chapter 951
35 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 951.01 County prisoners may be put to labor
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The board of county commissioners of each county may employ all persons in the jail of their respective counties under sentence upon conviction for crime at labor upon the roads, bridges, or other public works of the county where they are so imprisoned, or on other projects for w…
Fla. Stat. § 951.03 County commissioners to provide food, etc
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Boards of county commissioners, when working county prisoners on the public works of the counties shall provide, or cause to be provided, substantial food, clothes, shoes, medical attention, etc., for said prisoners as are required for state prisoners in the state.
Fla. Stat. § 951.032 Financial responsibility for medical expenses
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(1) A county detention facility or municipal detention facility incurring expenses for providing medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation may seek reimbursement for the expenses incurred in the following order:(a) From the prisoner or person receiving medical c…
Fla. Stat. § 951.033 Income and assets; payment of subsistence costs
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(1) The Legislature finds that there is an urgent need to alleviate the increasing financial burdens on local subdivisions of the state caused by the expenses of incarcerating prisoners. In addition to a prisoner’s cash account on deposit in local detention facilities, many priso…
Fla. Stat. § 951.04 Furnishing of transportation to discharged prisoners
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When a prisoner is discharged by reasons of having served his or her sentence, or upon receiving a pardon or parole, he or she shall be furnished transportation, or its equivalent in money, back to the place from which the prisoner was sentenced.
Fla. Stat. § 951.05 Working county prisoners on roads and bridges or other public works of the county; hiring out to another county
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The board of county commissioners of the several counties may require all county prisoners under sentence confined in the jail of their respective counties for any offense to labor upon the public roads, bridges, farms, or other public works owned and operated by the county, or o…
Fla. Stat. § 951.06 Employment of correctional officers; duties; salary
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(1) The county commissioners shall designate a chief correctional officer and such correctional officers as they deem necessary.(2) All chief correctional officers of prisoners shall see that all rules and regulations prescribed by law or the department are fully observed and com…
Fla. Stat. § 951.061 Designation of sheriff as chief correctional officer; duties
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(1) Upon adoption of an ordinance by a majority of the county commission, the sheriff may be designated the chief correctional officer of the county correctional system, and the sheriff shall appoint such officers as he or she deems necessary.(2) If designated, the sheriff or his…
Fla. Stat. § 951.062 Contractual arrangements for operation and maintenance of county detention facilities
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(1) After consultation with the sheriff and upon adoption of an ordinance by vote of a majority plus one, the governing body of the county may enter into a contract with a private entity for the provision of the operation and maintenance of a county detention facility as defined …
Fla. Stat. § 951.0623 Application of ch. 86-183; agreement or contract as of July 1, 1986
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Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 86-183, Laws of Florida, each correctional facility and county detention facility operated and maintained by either the sheriff or by a contractual private entity on the effective date of this act may continue to be operated and main…
Fla. Stat. § 951.063 Contractor-operated county correctional facilities
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Each contractor-employed correctional officer employed by a private entity under contract to a county commission must be certified as a correctional officer under s. 943.1395 and must meet the minimum qualifications established in s. 943.13. The county shall provide to the Crimin…
Fla. Stat. § 951.08 Prisoner workday
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No prisoner shall be compelled to labor more than 10 hours per day nor be subject to punishment for any refusal to labor beyond such limit; provided, that the 10 hours shall be the time embraced from the leaving to the return of the prisoner to his or her place of detention.
Fla. Stat. § 951.10 Leasing prisoners to work for private interests prohibited
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County prisoners may not be leased to work for any private interests. This section does not prohibit county inmates from working in nonprofit and private sector jobs pursuant to s. 951.24(2) and consistent with federal law.
Fla. Stat. § 951.11 Turning prisoners over to board of bond trustees, etc
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The board of county commissioners in counties where a board of bond trustees, board of public works, or other duly constituted board, has charge of the construction and maintenance of the public roads may turn the county prisoners over to the said trustees to be worked on the pub…
Fla. Stat. § 951.12 Working prisoners on public roads and exchange of prisoners between counties
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All persons confined in the county jail under sentence of a court may be worked on the roads of the county. In case the number of prisoners in any county at any time be less than five, the county commissioners of such county may arrange with the county commissioners of any other …
Fla. Stat. § 951.13 Transferring from one county to another
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(1) When the county commissioners of any county shall have made provision for the expenses of supporting and guarding, while at work on the public roads, a larger number of prisoners than can be supplied from that county, upon the application of the county commissioners of such c…
Fla. Stat. § 951.14 Failure of person to discharge his or her duty; penalty
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Any person appointed by virtue of the laws of the state relative to working county prisoners on the public road, or to whom duties are assigned in this chapter, who shall fail to make complete return within the time specified therein, or who shall otherwise fail to discharge the …
Fla. Stat. § 951.15 Credit on fines and costs
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Every working prisoner shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit at the rate of 30 cents per diem, on account of fines and costs adjudged against him or her.
Fla. Stat. § 951.16 Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment
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Every person who may be imprisoned in the county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs, or either, under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either, as the case may be, in propo…
Fla. Stat. § 951.175 Provision of programs for women
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(1) This section may be cited as the “County Corrections Equality Act.”(2) All regularly employed assistants, officers, and employees whose duties bring them into contact with the inmates of the institution shall be women as far as practicable.(3) Women inmates shall have access …
Fla. Stat. § 951.176 Provision of education
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(1) Each county may contract with a district school board, the Florida Virtual School, a charter school authorized to operate under s. 1002.33, or a Florida College System institution to provide education services for inmates at county detention facilities. The education services…
Fla. Stat. § 951.19 Interference with county prisoners
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Whoever shall interfere with county prisoners while at work, at their meals, at rest, or while going to and from their quarters or with the correctional officers in charge of them, either by assaulting them or by inciting them or attempting to incite the prisoners to disobedience…
Fla. Stat. § 951.21 Gain-time for good conduct for county prisoners
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(1) Commutation of time for good conduct of county prisoners shall be granted by the board of county commissioners unless, by a majority vote of the board of county commissioners, the board elects to discontinue or revise gain-time policies for good conduct. If the board of commi…
Fla. Stat. § 951.22 County detention facilities; contraband articles
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(1) It is unlawful, except through regular channels as duly authorized by the sheriff or officer in charge, to introduce into or possess upon the grounds of any county detention facility as defined in s. 951.23 or to give to or receive from any inmate of any such facility whereve…
Fla. Stat. § 951.221 Sexual misconduct between detention facility employees and inmates; penalties
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(1) Any employee of a county or municipal detention facility or of a private detention facility under contract with a county commission who engages in sexual misconduct, as defined in s. 944.35(3)(b)1., with an inmate or an offender supervised by the facility without committing t…
Fla. Stat. § 951.225 Persons authorized to visit county and municipal detention facilities
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The following persons who are elected or appointed to serve the county or municipality in which the county or municipal detention facility is located may visit such facility at their pleasure:(1) Members of the governing body of the county or municipality.(2) Members of the Legis…
Fla. Stat. § 951.23 County and municipal detention facilities; definitions; administration; standards and requirements
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “County detention facility” means a county jail, a county stockade, a county work camp, a county residential probation center, and any other place except a municipal detention facility used by a county or county officer for t…
Fla. Stat. § 951.2302 Inspection of county and municipal detention facilities; penalties for noncompliance with jail standards
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Detention facility” includes a county detention facility and a municipal detention facility as those terms are defined in s. 951.23.(b) “Jail standards” means the Florida Model Jail Standards established by the working group…
Fla. Stat. § 951.231 County residential probation program
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(1) Any prisoner who has been sentenced under s. 921.18 to serve a sentence in a county residential probation center as described in s. 951.23 shall:(a) Reside at the center at all times other than during employment hours and reasonable travel time to and from his or her place of…
Fla. Stat. § 951.24 Extend the limits of confinement for county prisoners
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(1) Any county shall be deemed to have a work-release program upon the motion of that county’s board of county commissioners which shall require the concurrence of the sheriff of the county.(2)(a) Whenever punishment by imprisonment in the county jail is prescribed, the sentencin…
Fla. Stat. § 951.25 Sale of goods and services produced by county prisoners
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(1) Any service or item manufactured, processed, grown, or produced, in whole or in part, by county prisoners in a county operating under a home rule charter adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of…
Fla. Stat. § 951.26 Public safety coordinating councils
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(1) Each board of county commissioners shall establish a county public safety coordinating council for the county or shall join with a consortium of one or more other counties to establish a public safety coordinating council for the geographic area represented by the member coun…
Fla. Stat. § 951.27 Blood tests of inmates
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(1) Each county and each municipal detention facility shall have a written procedure developed, in consultation with the facility medical provider, establishing conditions under which an inmate will be tested for infectious disease, including human immunodeficiency virus pursuant…
Fla. Stat. § 951.28 Transmitting prisoner information to reduce public assistance fraud
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Upon consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement and the Social Security Administration, the county sheriff or chief correctional officer or his or her designee shall establish and implement a process to submit to the Social Security Administration, directly or indirectly…
Fla. Stat. § 951.29 Procedure for requesting restoration of civil rights or restoration of voting rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies
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(1) With respect to a person who has been convicted of a felony and is serving a sentence in a county detention facility, the administrator of the county detention facility shall provide the following to the prisoner, at least 2 weeks before discharge, if possible:(a) An applicat…