Florida Statute 951.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 951
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONERS

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F.S. 951.06

951.06 Employment of correctional officers; duties; salary.—

(1) The county commissioners shall designate a chief correctional officer and such correctional officers as they deem necessary.

(2) All chief correctional officers of prisoners shall see that all rules and regulations prescribed by law or the department are fully observed and complied with; enforce discipline among the prisoners in and about the camps; and administer punishment to prisoners, when in their judgment the same is necessary in order to enforce proper discipline, conforming always to the law and rules and regulations.

(3) All boards of county commissioners shall immediately discharge any correctional officer who shall be guilty of gross negligence or cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners under their control and their action shall be final.

(4) The salaries of correctional officers provided for in this chapter shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners, and the chief correctional officer shall be furnished means of transportation over the roads of the county when necessary, the upkeep and operation of which shall be furnished by the county; however, the county shall not in any case be required to furnish a driver of such conveyance where such services are required to be paid for.

(5) All salaries contemplated by this chapter shall be paid from the general revenue fund of the county.

History.—s. 13, ch. 6537, 1913; RGS 6218; s. 2, ch. 9203, 1923; CGL 8550; s. 44, ch. 57-121; ss. 1, 2, ch. 61-198; s. 18, ch. 61-530; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-441; s. 94, ch. 77-120; s. 113, ch. 79-3; s. 2, ch. 86-183; s. 29, ch. 96-312.

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Cases Citing Statute 951.06

Total Results: 4

Miller v. Carson

401 F. Supp. 835

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 17, 1975 | Docket: 1223299

Cited 50 times | Published

accomplish what is required. Fla.Stat. § 951.06 (1973) Fla.Stat. § 951.06 (1973) provides in part: (1) The

Williams v. Ergle

698 So. 2d 1294, 1997 WL 522865

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 22, 1997 | Docket: 1524326

Cited 5 times | Published

§§ 951.01, .12, (Fla.Stat.). By comparison, section 951.06, Florida Statutes (1995), simply empowers chief

Jeffrey Stanley v. Broward County Sheriff

843 F.3d 920, 41 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1457, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22214, 2016 WL 7229745

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 14, 2016 | Docket: 4553005

Published

correctional officers as they deem necessary.” Fla. Stat. § 951.06(1). The Florida constitution does not define “chief

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 18, 1991 | Docket: 3257165

Published

authorized the sheriff to maintain the county jail. Section 951.06, Florida Statutes, provides that the county