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FL Stat § 951.27 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 951 - County and Municipal Prisoners|951.27 - Blood Tests of Inmates.

951.27 Blood tests of inmates.—(1) Each county and each municipal detention facility shall have a written procedure developed, in consultation with the facility medical provider, establishing conditions under which an inmate will be tested for infectious disease, including human immunodeficiency virus pursuant to s. 775.0877, which procedure is consistent with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and recommendations of the Correctional Medical Authority. It is not unlawful for the person receiving the test results to divulge the test results to the sheriff or chief correctional officer.(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1) are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. However, such results may be provided to employees or officers of the sheriff or chief correctional officer who are responsible for the custody and care of the affected inmate and have a need to know such information, and as provided in ss. 775.0877 and 960.003. In addition, upon request of the victim or the victim’s legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, the results of any HIV test performed on an inmate who has been arrested for any sexual offense involving oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another, shall be disclosed to the victim or the victim’s legal guardian, or to the parent or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor. In such cases, the county or municipal detention facility shall furnish the test results to the Department of Health, which is responsible for disclosing the results to public health agencies as provided in s. 775.0877 and to the victim or the victim’s legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, as provided in s. 960.003(3).(3) The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate are a part of that inmate’s permanent medical file. Upon transfer of the inmate to any other correctional facility, such file is also transferred, and all relevant authorized persons must be notified of positive HIV test results, as required in s. 775.0877.History.—s. 13, ch. 88-380; s. 2, ch. 90-210; s. 16, ch. 93-227; s. 3, ch. 93-230; s. 8, ch. 94-90; s. 451, ch. 96-406; s. 38, ch. 97-93; s. 325, ch. 99-8.
FL Stat § 951.28 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 951 - County and Municipal Prisoners|951.28 - Transmitting Prisoner Information to Reduce Public Assistance Fraud.

951.28 Transmitting prisoner information to reduce public assistance fraud.—Upon consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement and the Social Security Administration, the county sheriff or chief correctional officer or his or her designee shall establish and implement a process to submit to the Social Security Administration, directly or indirectly, sufficient and necessary information to identify incarcerated persons who are wrongfully receiving entitlement benefits and payments.History.—s. 50, ch. 96-312; s. 11, ch. 99-333.
FL Stat § 951.29 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 951 - County and Municipal Prisoners|951.29 - Procedure for Requesting Restoration of Civil Rights or Restoration of Voting Rights of County Prisoners Convicted of Felonies.

951.29 Procedure for requesting restoration of civil rights or restoration of voting rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies.—(1) With respect to a person who has been convicted of a felony and is serving a sentence in a county detention facility, the administrator of the county detention facility shall provide the following to the prisoner, at least 2 weeks before discharge, if possible:(a) An application form obtained from the Florida Commission on Offender Review which the prisoner must complete in order to begin the process of having his or her civil rights restored;(b) Information explaining voting rights restoration pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution; and(c) Written notification of all outstanding terms of the prisoner’s sentence at the time of release to assist the prisoner in determining his or her status with regard to the completion of all terms of sentence, as that term is defined in s. 98.0751.(2) This section shall not apply to prisoners who are discharged from a county detention facility to the custody or control of the Department of Corrections.History.—s. 1, ch. 2006-174; s. 53, ch. 2014-191; s. 32, ch. 2019-162.
FL Stat § 957.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.01 - Short Title.

957.01 Short title.—This chapter may be cited as the “Correctional Privatization Act.”History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 10, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 957.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.02 - Definitions.

957.02 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Corrections.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 11, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 957.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.05 - Requirements for Contractors Operating Private Correctional Facilities.

957.05 Requirements for contractors operating private correctional facilities.—(1) Each contractor entering into a contract under this chapter is liable in tort with respect to the care and custody of inmates under its supervision and for any breach of contract. Sovereign immunity may not be raised by a contractor, or the insurer of that contractor on the contractor’s behalf, as a defense in any action arising out of the performance of any contract entered into under this chapter or as a defense in tort, or any other application, with respect to the care and custody of inmates under the contractor’s supervision and for any breach of contract.(2)(a) The training requirements, including inservice training requirements, for employees of a contractor that assumes the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of a private correctional facility must meet or exceed the requirements for similar employees of the department or the training requirements mandated for accreditation by the American Correctional Association, whichever of those requirements are the more demanding. All employee training expenses are the responsibility of the contractor.(b) Employees of a contractor who are responsible for the supervision of inmates shall have the same legal authority to rely on nondeadly and deadly force as do similar employees of the department.(3) Any contractor or person employed by a contractor operating a correctional or detention facility pursuant to a contract executed under this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of chapter 493, relating to licensure of private investigators and security officers.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 57, ch. 96-312.
FL Stat § 957.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.06 - Powers and Duties Not Delegable to Contractor.

957.06 Powers and duties not delegable to contractor.—A contract entered into under this chapter does not authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of authority to the contractor to:(1) Make a final determination on the custody classification of an inmate. The contractor may submit a recommendation for a custody change on an inmate; however, any recommendation made shall be in compliance with the department’s custody classification system.(2) Choose the facility to which an inmate is initially assigned or subsequently transferred. The contractor may request, in writing, that an inmate be transferred to a facility operated by the department. The Department of Management Services, the contractor, and the department shall develop and implement a cooperative agreement for transferring inmates between a correctional facility operated by the department and a private correctional facility. The department, the Department of Management Services, and the contractor must comply with the cooperative agreement.(3) Develop or adopt disciplinary rules or penalties that differ from the disciplinary rules and penalties that apply to inmates housed in correctional facilities operated by the department.(4) Make a final determination on a disciplinary action that affects the liberty of an inmate. The contractor may remove an inmate from the general prison population during an emergency, before final resolution of a disciplinary hearing, or in response to an inmate’s request for assigned housing in protective custody.(5) Make a decision that affects the sentence imposed upon or the time served by an inmate, including a decision to award, deny, or forfeit gain-time.(6) Make recommendations to the Florida Commission on Offender Review with respect to the denial or granting of parole, control release, conditional release, or conditional medical release. However, the contractor may submit written reports to the Florida Commission on Offender Review and must respond to a written request by the Florida Commission on Offender Review for information.(7) Develop and implement requirements that inmates engage in any type of work.(8) Determine inmate eligibility for any form of conditional, temporary, or permanent release from a correctional facility.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 3, ch. 94-148; s. 49, ch. 95-283; s. 14, ch. 2004-248; s. 54, ch. 2014-191.
FL Stat § 957.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.08 - Capacity Requirements.

957.08 Capacity requirements.—The Department of Corrections shall transfer and assign prisoners to each private correctional facility opened pursuant to this chapter in an amount not less than 90 percent or more than 100 percent of the capacity of the facility pursuant to the contract with the Department of Management Services. The prisoners transferred by the Department of Corrections shall represent a cross-section of the general inmate population, based on the grade of custody or the offense of conviction, at the most comparable facility operated by the department.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 16, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 957.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.09 - Applicability of Chapter to Other Provisions of Law.

957.09 Applicability of chapter to other provisions of law.—(1)(a) Any offense that if committed at a state correctional facility would be a crime is a crime if committed by or with regard to inmates at private correctional facilities operated pursuant to a contract entered into under this chapter.(b) All laws relating to commutation of sentences, release and parole eligibility, and the award of sentence credits apply to inmates incarcerated in a private correctional facility operated pursuant to a contract entered into under this chapter.(2) The provisions of this chapter are supplemental to the provisions of ss. 944.105 and 944.710-944.719. However, in any conflict between a provision of this chapter and a provision of such other sections, the provision of this chapter shall prevail.(3) The provisions of law governing the participation of minority business enterprises are applicable to this chapter.(4) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to contracts between the department and county and municipal entities, other states, political subdivisions of another state, or correctional management service vendors in another state for the transfer and confinement of state inmates.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 13, ch. 2009-63.
FL Stat § 957.11 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.11 - Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Contracts.

957.11 Evaluation of costs and benefits of contracts.—The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall develop and implement an evaluation of the costs and benefits of each contract entered into under this chapter. This evaluation must include a comparison of the costs and benefits of constructing and operating prisons by the state versus by private contractors. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall also evaluate the performance of the private contractor at the end of the term of each management contract and make recommendations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on whether to continue the contract.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 136, ch. 2001-266.
FL Stat § 957.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.12 - Prohibition on Contact.

957.12 Prohibition on contact.—A bidder or potential bidder is not permitted to have any contact with any member or employee of or consultant to the commission regarding a request for proposal, a proposal, or the evaluation or selection process from the time a request for proposals for a private correctional facility is issued until the time a notification of intent to award is announced, except if such contact is in writing or in a meeting for which notice was provided in the Florida Administrative Register.History.—s. 40, ch. 93-406; s. 6, ch. 94-148; s. 59, ch. 2013-14.
FL Stat § 957.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.13 - Background Checks.

957.13 Background checks.—(1) The Florida Department of Law Enforcement may accept fingerprints of individuals who apply for employment at a private correctional facility and who are required to have background checks under the provisions of this chapter.(2) The Florida Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent provided for by federal law, provide for the exchange of state, multistate, and federal criminal history records of individuals who apply for employment at a private correctional facility for the purpose of conducting background checks as required by law or contract.History.—s. 7, ch. 94-148; s. 17, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 957.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.14 - Contract Termination and Control of a Correctional Facility by the Department.

957.14 Contract termination and control of a correctional facility by the department.—A detailed plan shall be provided by a private vendor under which the department shall assume temporary control of a private correctional facility upon termination of the contract. The Department of Management Services may terminate the contract with cause after written notice of material deficiencies and after 60 workdays in order to correct the material deficiencies. If any event occurs that involves the noncompliance with or violation of contract terms and that presents a serious threat to the safety, health, or security of the inmates, employees, or the public, the department may temporarily assume control of the private correctional facility, with the approval of the Department of Management Services. A plan shall also be provided by a private vendor for the purchase and temporary assumption of operations of a correctional facility by the department in the event of bankruptcy or the financial insolvency of the private vendor. The private vendor shall provide an emergency plan to address inmate disturbances, employee work stoppages, strikes, or other serious events in accordance with standards of the American Correctional Association.History.—s. 4, ch. 94-148; s. 18, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 957.15 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.15 - Funding of Contracts for Operation, Maintenance, and Lease-Purchase of Private Correctional Facilities.

957.15 Funding of contracts for operation, maintenance, and lease-purchase of private correctional facilities.—The request for appropriation of funds to make payments pursuant to contracts entered into by the Department of Management Services for the operation, maintenance, and lease-purchase of the private correctional facilities authorized by this chapter shall be made by the Department of Management Services in a request to the department. The department shall include such request in its budget request to the Legislature as a separately identified item and shall forward the request of the Department of Management Services without change. After an appropriation has been made by the Legislature to the department for the private correctional facilities, the department shall have no authority over such funds other than to pay from such appropriation to the appropriate private vendor such amounts as are certified for payment by the Department of Management Services.History.—s. 23, ch. 95-325; s. 19, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 957.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 957 - Correctional Privatization|957.16 - Expanding Capacity.

957.16 Expanding capacity.—The Department of Management Services is authorized to modify and execute agreements with contractors to expand up to the total capacity of contracted correctional facilities. Total capacity means the design capacity of all contracted correctional facilities increased by one-half as described under s. 944.023(1)(b). Any additional beds authorized under this section must comply with the cost-saving requirements set forth in s. 957.07. Any additional beds authorized as a result of expanded capacity under this section are contingent upon specified appropriations.History.—s. 5, ch. 95-251; s. 20, ch. 2004-248.
FL Stat § 958.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 958 - Youthful Offenders|958.011 - Short Title.

958.011 Short title.—Sections 958.011-958.15 shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Youthful Offender Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 78-84.
FL Stat § 958.021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 958 - Youthful Offenders|958.021 - Legislative Intent.

958.021 Legislative intent.—The purpose of this chapter is to improve the chances of correction and successful return to the community of youthful offenders sentenced to imprisonment by providing them with enhanced vocational, educational, counseling, or public service opportunities and by preventing their association with older and more experienced criminals during the terms of their confinement. It is the further purpose of this chapter to encourage citizen volunteers from the community to contribute time, skills, and maturity toward helping youthful offenders successfully reintegrate into the community and to require youthful offenders to participate in substance abuse and other types of counseling and programs at each youthful offender institution. It is the further intent of the Legislature to provide an additional sentencing alternative to be used in the discretion of the court when dealing with offenders who have demonstrated that they can no longer be handled safely as juveniles and who require more substantial limitations upon their liberty to ensure the protection of society.History.—s. 2, ch. 78-84; s. 18, ch. 85-288; s. 97, ch. 94-209.
FL Stat § 958.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 958 - Youthful Offenders|958.03 - Definitions.

958.03 Definitions.—As used in this act:(1) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.(2) “Community control program” means a form of intensive supervised custody in the community, including surveillance on weekends and holidays, administered by officers with restricted caseloads. Community control is an individualized program in which the freedom of the offender is restricted within the community, home, or noninstitutional residential placement and specific sanctions are imposed and enforced.(3) “Court” means a judge or successor who designates a defendant as a youthful offender.(4) “Probation” means a form of community supervision requiring specified contacts with parole and probation officers and other terms and conditions as provided in s. 948.03.(5) “Youthful offender” means any person who is sentenced as such by the court or is classified as such by the department pursuant to s. 958.04.History.—s. 3, ch. 78-84; s. 119, ch. 79-3; s. 19, ch. 85-288; s. 98, ch. 94-209; s. 145, ch. 2019-167.
FL Stat § 958.046 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 958 - Youthful Offenders|958.046 - Placement in County-Operated Boot Camp Programs for Youthful Offenders.

958.046 Placement in county-operated boot camp programs for youthful offenders.—In counties where there are county-operated youthful offender boot camp programs, other than boot camps described in s. 958.04, the court may sentence a youthful offender to such a boot camp. In county-operated youthful offender boot camp programs, juvenile offenders shall not be commingled with youthful offenders.History.—s. 50, ch. 95-283; s. 62, ch. 98-280; s. 9, ch. 2006-62; s. 121, ch. 2006-120; s. 17, ch. 2010-113; s. 147, ch. 2019-167.
FL Stat § 958.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 958 - Youthful Offenders|958.06 - Suspension of Sentence by Court.

958.06 Suspension of sentence by court.—The court, upon motion of the defendant, or upon its own motion, may within 60 days after imposition of sentence suspend the further execution of the sentence and place the defendant on probation in a community control program upon such terms as the court may require. The department shall forward to the court, not later than 3 working days prior to the hearing on the motion, all relevant material on the youthful offender’s progress while in custody.History.—s. 7, ch. 78-84.
FL Stat § 958.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections|Chapter 958 - Youthful Offenders|958.07 - Presentence Report; Access by Defendant.

958.07 Presentence report; access by defendant.—The defendant is entitled to an opportunity to present to the court facts which would materially affect the decision of the court to adjudicate the defendant a youthful offender. The defendant, his or her attorney, and the state shall be entitled to inspect all factual material contained in the comprehensive presentence report or diagnostic reports prepared or received by the department. The victim, the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is a minor, the lawful representative of the victim or of the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is a minor, or the victim’s next of kin in the case of a homicide may review the presentence investigation report as provided in s. 960.001(1)(g)2. The court may withhold from disclosure to the defendant and his or her attorney sources of information which have been obtained through a promise of confidentiality. In all cases in which parts of the report are not disclosed, the court shall state for the record the reasons for its action and shall inform the defendant and his or her attorney that information has not been disclosed.History.—s. 8, ch. 78-84; s. 102, ch. 94-209; s. 1704, ch. 97-102; s. 2, ch. 2001-209.