Florida Statute 944.024 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

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F.S. 944.024

944.024 Adult intake and evaluation.—The state system of adult intake and evaluation shall include:

(1) The performance of pretrial investigation through a decentralized community-based procedure.

(2) Assistance in the evaluation of offenders for diversion from the criminal justice system or referral to residential or nonresidential programs.

(3) The provision of secure detention services for pretrial detainees who are unable to comply with the conditions of release established by the court or who represent a serious threat to the community.

(4) The provision of diagnostic, evaluation, and classification services at the presentence stage to assist the court and the department in planning programs for rehabilitation of convicted offenders.

(5) The performance of postsentence intake by the department. Any physical facility established by the department for the intake and evaluation process prior to the offender’s entry into the correctional system shall provide for specific office and work areas for the staff of the commission. The purpose of such a physical center shall be to combine in one place as many of the rehabilitation-related functions as possible, including pretrial and posttrial evaluation, parole and probation services, vocational rehabilitation services, family assistance services of the Department of Children and Families, and all other rehabilitative and correctional services dealing with the offender.

History.—s. 5, ch. 74-112; s. 13, ch. 75-49; s. 23, ch. 77-120; s. 473, ch. 77-147; s. 309, ch. 99-8; s. 320, ch. 2014-19.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 944.024

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 944.024.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 944.024

Total Results: 6

UNBORN CHILD, etc. v. DIRECTOR JAMES REYES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-02-24

Snippet: suitably placed outside the prison system.”); § 944.24(6), Fla. Stat. (“Any woman inmate who gives birth

Richardson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-08-12

Citation: 402 So. 2d 1286, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20760

Snippet: order which denied her petition pursuant to section 944.24(2), Florida Statutes (1979), for custody of her

Delancy v. Booth

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-06-24

Citation: 400 So. 2d 1268

Snippet: should be placed under the authority of section 944.24, Florida Statutes (1979), with the appellant, the

Wainwright v. Moore

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-08-08

Citation: 374 So. 2d 586, 14 A.L.R. 4th 742

Snippet: prison officials based on Florida Statute Section 944.24 (1977). Plaintiff seeks to keep her new-born child

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1975-02-12

Snippet: her child born during a term of imprisonment (s. 944.24, F.S.), of necessity it must be presumed that the

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-01-04

Snippet: institution while the mother is an inmate. See s. 944.24(2) and (3), F.S. In the absence of any specific