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The 2024 Florida Statutes

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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 951.06
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 951.06.

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Cases Citing Statute 951.06

Total Results: 5

Williams v. Ergle

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-08-22

Citation: 698 So. 2d 1294, 1997 WL 522865

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-04-18

Snippet: the sheriff to maintain the county jail. Section 951.06, Florida Statutes, provides that the county commission

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-06-24

Snippet: provisions to county prisoners on public works), 951.06 (county commissioners shall employ captain or warden

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1977-06-17

Snippet: minister to inmates at the county jail. Compare s. 951.06, F. S., requiring the board of county commissioners

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-05-21

Snippet: service within the corrections system. (See also, s. 951.06, F.S., Division of Corrections county guard employment