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Florida Statute 944.710 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 944.710 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 944.710 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
944.710 Definitions of terms relating to contractor-operated state correctional facilities and s. 944.105.—As used with respect to contractor-operated state correctional facilities and s. 944.105, the term:
(1) “Bidder” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association that submits a proposal with the department to construct, lease, or operate a contractor-operated correctional facility.
(2) “Contractor-employed correctional officer” means any full-time or part-time employee of a private vendor whose primary responsibility is the supervision, protection, care, and control of prisoners within a contractor-operated correctional facility.
(3) “Contractor-operated correctional facility” means any facility, which is not operated by the department, for the incarceration of adults or juveniles who have been sentenced by a court and committed to the custody of the department.
(4) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.
(5) “Private vendor” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association bound by contract with the department to construct, lease, or operate a contractor-operated correctional facility.
History.—s. 13, ch. 89-526; s. 2, ch. 2024-84.

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·In Re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-report No. 2014-08, 176 So. 3d 938 (Fla. 2015).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2015 WL 5853925

...industry, prison forestry camp, or any prison camp or prison farm or other correctional facility, temporary or permanent, in which prisoners are housed, worked, or maintained, under the custody and jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. § 944.710(3), Fla....
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·In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-04., 257 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 2018).

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...industry, prison forestry camp, or any prison camp or prison farm or other correctional facility, temporary or permanent, in which prisoners are housed, worked, or maintained, under the custody and jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. § 944.710(3), Fla....
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·Garner v. State, 839 So. 2d 924 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 3729, 2003 WL 1239643

...A private correctional facility is defined by statute as “any facility, which is not operated by the department [Department of Corrections], for the incarceration of adults or juveniles who have been sentenced by a court and committed to the custody of the department.” § 944.710(3), Fla....
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In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases - Report 2019-09 (Fla. 2020).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...industry, prison forestry camp, or any prison camp or prison farm or other correctional facility, temporary or permanent, in which prisoners are housed, worked, or maintained, under the custody and jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. § 944.710(3), Fla....

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