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Fla. Stat. § 944.710 (2025)
Definitions of terms relating to contractor-operated state correctional facilities and s. 944.105.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2003–2020 · leading case: In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-04., 257 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 2018).
In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-04., 257 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 2018). “§ 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. A "private correctional facility" is any facility, which is not operated by the 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 of Corrections.”
Garner v. State, 839 So. 2d 924 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “” § 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. (1999). By definition then, a state correctional facility houses “prisoners” and a private correctional facility houses persons who have been sentenced by a court and committed to the Department of Corrections.”
In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases - Report 2019-09 (Fla. 2020). “§ 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. A “private correctional facility” is any facility, which is not operated by the 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 of Corrections.”
— 944.710(3) — 3 cases
In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-04., 257 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 2018). “§ 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. A "private correctional facility" is any facility, which is not operated by the 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 of Corrections.”
Garner v. State, 839 So. 2d 924 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “” § 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. (1999). By definition then, a state correctional facility houses “prisoners” and a private correctional facility houses persons who have been sentenced by a court and committed to the Department of Corrections.”
In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases - Report 2019-09 (Fla. 2020). “§ 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. A “private correctional facility” is any facility, which is not operated by the 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 of Corrections.”
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