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Fla. Stat. § 945.025 (2025)
Jurisdiction of department.
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945.025 Jurisdiction of department.—
(1) The Department of Corrections shall have supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of the inmates, buildings, grounds, property, and all other matters pertaining to the following facilities and programs for the imprisonment, correction, and rehabilitation of adult offenders:
(a) Department of Corrections adult correctional institutions;
(b) Department of Corrections youthful offender institutions;
(c) Department of Corrections Mental Health Treatment Facility;
(d) Department of Corrections Probation and Restitution Center;
(e) Department of Corrections community correctional centers; and
(f) Department of Corrections vocational centers.
(2) In establishing, operating, and using these facilities, the department shall attempt, whenever possible, to avoid the placement of nondangerous offenders who have potential for rehabilitation with repeat offenders or dangerous offenders. Medical, mental, and psychological problems must be diagnosed and treated whenever possible. The Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall cooperate to ensure the delivery of services to persons under the custody or supervision of the department. If the department intends to transfer a prisoner who has a mental illness or intellectual disability to the Department of Children and Families or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, an involuntary commitment hearing shall be held in accordance with chapter 393 or chapter 394.
(3) There shall be other correctional facilities, including detention facilities of varying levels of security, work-release facilities, and community correctional facilities, halfway houses, and other approved community residential and nonresidential facilities and programs; however, no adult correctional facility may be established by changing the use and purpose of any mental health facility or mental health institution under the jurisdiction of any state agency or department without authorization in the General Appropriation Act or other approval by the Legislature. Any community residential facility may be deemed a part of the state correctional system for purposes of maintaining custody of offenders, and for this purpose the department may contract for and purchase the services of such facilities.
(4) Nothing contained in chapter 287 shall be construed as requiring competitive bids for health services involving examination, diagnosis, or treatment.
History.—s. 1, ch. 57-317; s. 1, ch. 67-99; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-441; s. 26, ch. 74-112; s. 14, ch. 75-49; s. 1, ch. 76-232; s. 69, ch. 77-120; s. 475, ch. 77-147; s. 6, ch. 77-312; s. 78, ch. 79-3; s. 8, ch. 80-374; s. 1, ch. 83-46; s. 2, ch. 83-346; s. 6, ch. 87-87; s. 76, ch. 87-226; s. 313, ch. 99-8; s. 65, ch. 2006-227; s. 41, ch. 2013-162; s. 323, ch. 2014-19.
Note.—Former s. 965.01(1).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1974–2017 · leading case: Askew v. Schuster, 331 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1976).
Askew v. Schuster, 331 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1976). “We have for review by direct appeal a final judgment by the Circuit Court in and for DeSoto County holding the latter portion of Section 945.025(3), Florida Statutes, relating to the conversion of G.”
Crews v. Florida Pub. Employers Council 79, 113 So. 3d 1063 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “be diagnosed and treated whenever possible”). . The LBC is composed of seven members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and seven members of the House, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
State Ex Rel. Wainwright v. Booth, 291 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974). “Fla. Stat. § 945.025 (1971), F.S.A., provides that relator shall have supervisory and protective care, custody and control of the inmates of the correctional system.”
Ward v. State, 965 So. 2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007). “2005) (approving the use of dictionary definitions "when necessary"), and from the breadth of the charge given to the Department by the Florida Legislature, see § 945.025(1), Florida Statutes (2002) (stating the Department has "supervisory and protective care, custody, and…”
Florida Dep't of Corr. v. Watts, 800 So. 2d 225 (Fla. 2001). “However, in light of DOC’s express statutory authority for the “supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of’ adult offenders, see § 945.025, Fla. Stat. (1999), the case law recognizing DOC’s authority over the conditions and treatment of incarcerated in *235 mates,…”
Calvin v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 172 F. Supp. 3d 1292 (N.D. Fla. 2016). “§ 945.025(1). Pursuant to the authority granted to it, DOC has adopted regulations governing everything from inmate grievance procedures, see Fla.”
Taylor v. State (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). “5 Section 945.025, Jurisdiction of Department, provides that the DOC's operational jurisdiction extends to 4 Moreover, a defendant must have been "released from a state correctional facility.”
Moultrie v. Dep't of Corr., 25 Fla. Supp. 2d 208 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1987). “Additionally, and somewhat parenthetically, Section 945.025, Florida Statutes, concerning the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections provides that the Department has: “.”
Smith v. Askew, 335 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). “Laws, which was passed in the waning days of the 1975 Legislature and became effective July 1, 1975, amended § 945.025, F.S.1973, to read in part: “(3) There shall be other correctional facilities .”
— 945.025(1) — 3 cases
Crews v. Florida Pub. Employers Council 79, 113 So. 3d 1063 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “be diagnosed and treated whenever possible”). . The LBC is composed of seven members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and seven members of the House, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
Ward v. State, 965 So. 2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007). “2005) (approving the use of dictionary definitions "when necessary"), and from the breadth of the charge given to the Department by the Florida Legislature, see § 945.025(1), Florida Statutes (2002) (stating the Department has "supervisory and protective care, custody, and…”
Calvin v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 172 F. Supp. 3d 1292 (N.D. Fla. 2016). “§ 945.025(1). Pursuant to the authority granted to it, DOC has adopted regulations governing everything from inmate grievance procedures, see Fla.”
— 945.025(2) — 1 case
Crews v. Florida Pub. Employers Council 79, 113 So. 3d 1063 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “be diagnosed and treated whenever possible”). . The LBC is composed of seven members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and seven members of the House, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
— 945.025(3) — 1 case
Askew v. Schuster, 331 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1976). “We have for review by direct appeal a final judgment by the Circuit Court in and for DeSoto County holding the latter portion of Section 945.025(3), Florida Statutes, relating to the conversion of G.”
— 945.025(4) — 1 case
Crews v. Florida Pub. Employers Council 79, 113 So. 3d 1063 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “be diagnosed and treated whenever possible”). . The LBC is composed of seven members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and seven members of the House, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
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