Florida Statute 944.710 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

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F.S. 944.710

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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Total Results: 4

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-09

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 16, 2020 | Docket: 16761638

Published

jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. § 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. A “private correctional facility”

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-04.

257 So. 3d 370

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 15, 2018 | Docket: 8193607

Published

jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. § 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. A "private correctional

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-REPORT NO. 2014-08

176 So. 3d 938, 2015 WL 5853925

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 8, 2015 | Docket: 2866126

Published

jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. § 944-710(8), Fla. Stat. A “private correctional

Garner v. State

839 So. 2d 924, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 3729, 2003 WL 1239643

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 19, 2003 | Docket: 64821258

Published

committed to the custody of the department.” § 944.710(3), Fla. Stat. (1999). By definition then, a state