The Florida Department of Corrections, established in 1821, operates state prisons in Florida. It has its headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States. It is the largest agency in the State of Florida, with a budget of $2.3 billion, a little over 102,000 inmates incarcerated and another 150,000+ offenders on some type of community supervision.
The Florida Department of Corrections has 146 facilities statewide, including 62 prisons, 45 work/forestry camps, one treatment center, 33 work release centers and five road prisons. It has more than 27,000 employees, about three-quarters of which are either certified correctional officers or probation officers.
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