42 chapters · 1,219 sections in this title.
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.History.—s. 1, …
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…