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Fla. Stat. § 957.08 — Capacity requirements

Current through 2025 Florida Statutes

Part of Chapter 957: Correctional Privatization, Florida Statutes.

Full text of Fla. Stat. § 957.08

Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.

Fla. Stat. § 957.08Primary source, current through the 2025 Florida Statutes
The department shall transfer and assign prisoners to each contractor-operated 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. The prisoners transferred by the department 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.

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