Florida criminal code — chapter
Chapter 944: State Correctional System
Chapter 944 of Title XLVII: Criminal Procedure and Corrections, Florida Statutes. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Chapter 944
- Fla. Stat. § 944.01 — Short title
- Fla. Stat. § 944.012 — Legislative intent
- Fla. Stat. § 944.02 — Definitions
- Fla. Stat. § 944.023 — Comprehensive correctional master plan
- Fla. Stat. § 944.0231 — Reduction of capacity
- Fla. Stat. § 944.024 — Adult intake and evaluation
- Fla. Stat. § 944.026 — Community-based facilities and programs
- Fla. Stat. § 944.033 — Community correctional centers; existence; location; purpose; restriction
- Fla. Stat. § 944.053 — Forestry Work Camps
- Fla. Stat. § 944.0611 — Department employees; personal vehicle damage claims
- Fla. Stat. § 944.08 — Commitment to custody of department; venue of institutions
- Fla. Stat. § 944.09 — Rules of the department; offenders, probationers, and parolees
- Fla. Stat. § 944.091 — United States prisoners, board authorized
- Fla. Stat. § 944.095 — Siting of additional correctional facilities; procedure
- Fla. Stat. § 944.096 — Budget requests for residential facility construction; estimates; appropriations; population in excess of capacity
- Fla. Stat. § 944.10 — Department of Corrections to provide buildings; sale and purchase of land; contracts to provide services and inmate labor
- Fla. Stat. § 944.105 — Contractual arrangements with contractor-operated entities for operation and maintenance of correctional facilities and supervision of inmates
- Fla. Stat. § 944.11 — Department to regulate admission of books
- Fla. Stat. § 944.115 — Smoking prohibited inside state correctional facilities
- Fla. Stat. § 944.14 — Supervision of correctional institutions; enforcement of orders and regulations
- Fla. Stat. § 944.151 — Safe operation and security of correctional institutions and facilities
- Fla. Stat. § 944.17 — Commitments and classification; transfers
- Fla. Stat. § 944.171 — Housing of inmates
- Fla. Stat. § 944.1905 — Initial inmate classification; inmate reclassification
- Fla. Stat. § 944.23 — Persons authorized to visit state prisons
- Fla. Stat. § 944.24 — Administration of correctional institutions for women
- Fla. Stat. § 944.241 — Incarcerated pregnant women
- Fla. Stat. § 944.242 — Dignity for women in correctional facilities
- Fla. Stat. § 944.275 — Gain-time
- Fla. Stat. § 944.278 — Cancellation of administrative gain-time and provisional credits
- Fla. Stat. § 944.279 — Disciplinary procedures applicable to prisoner for filing frivolous or malicious actions or bringing false information before court
- Fla. Stat. § 944.28 — Forfeiture of gain-time and the right to earn gain-time in the future
- Fla. Stat. § 944.281 — Ineligibility to earn gain-time due to disciplinary action
- Fla. Stat. § 944.282 — Rules governing inmate use of weight training equipment
- Fla. Stat. § 944.291 — Prisoner released by reason of gain-time allowances or attainment of provisional release date
- Fla. Stat. § 944.292 — Suspension of civil rights
- Fla. Stat. § 944.31 — Inspector general; inspectors; power and duties
- Fla. Stat. § 944.32 — Reports of prison inspectors; recordation; inspection
- Fla. Stat. § 944.33 — Failure of inspector to make report; false report; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.331 — Inmate grievance procedure
- Fla. Stat. § 944.35 — Authorized use of force; malicious battery and sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties
- Fla. Stat. § 944.36 — Permitting inmates to escape
- Fla. Stat. § 944.37 — Acceptance of unauthorized compensation; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.38 — Acceptance of remuneration from contractor; dealing or barter with prisoners; interest in contract; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.39 — Interference with prisoners; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.40 — Escapes; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.402 — Reward for capture of escapee from correctional institution
- Fla. Stat. § 944.405 — Warrant for retaking offender who has escaped from custody or absconded from rehabilitative community reentry program, or who is ineligible for release
- Fla. Stat. § 944.44 — Holding persons as hostages; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.45 — Mutiny, riot, strike; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.46 — Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.47 — Introduction, removal, or possession of contraband; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.471 — Short title
- Fla. Stat. § 944.472 — Drug-free corrections; legislative findings and purposes
- Fla. Stat. § 944.473 — Inmate substance abuse testing program
- Fla. Stat. § 944.4731 — Addiction-Recovery Supervision Program
- Fla. Stat. § 944.474 — Legislative intent; employee wellness program; drug and alcohol testing
- Fla. Stat. § 944.48 — Service of sentence
- Fla. Stat. § 944.485 — Subsistence fees with respect to certain prisoners; time of adoption; requirements
- Fla. Stat. § 944.512 — State lien on proceeds from literary or other type of account of crime for which convicted
- Fla. Stat. § 944.516 — Money or other property received for personal use or benefit of inmate; deposit; disposition of unclaimed trust funds
- Fla. Stat. § 944.52 — Legal adviser
- Fla. Stat. § 944.596 — Transfer of convicted foreign citizens or nationals under treaty
- Fla. Stat. § 944.597 — Transportation and return of prisoners by private transport company
- Fla. Stat. § 944.602 — Agency notification before release of intellectually disabled inmates
- Fla. Stat. § 944.605 — Inmate release; notification; identification card
- Fla. Stat. § 944.606 — Sexual offenders; notification upon release
- Fla. Stat. § 944.607 — Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders
- Fla. Stat. § 944.608 — Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on career offenders
- Fla. Stat. § 944.609 — Career offenders; notification upon release
- Fla. Stat. § 944.611 — Legislative intent
- Fla. Stat. § 944.612 — Definitions for s. 944.613
- Fla. Stat. § 944.613 — Methods of transportation
- Fla. Stat. § 944.70 — Conditions for release from incarceration
- Fla. Stat. § 944.701 — Short title
- Fla. Stat. § 944.702 — Legislative intent
- Fla. Stat. § 944.703 — Eligible inmates
- Fla. Stat. § 944.7031 — Eligible inmates released from contractor-operated correctional facilities
- Fla. Stat. § 944.704 — Staff who provide transition assistance; duties
- Fla. Stat. § 944.705 — Release orientation program
- Fla. Stat. § 944.706 — Basic release assistance
- Fla. Stat. § 944.7065 — Transition course for inmates
- Fla. Stat. § 944.707 — Postrelease special services; job placement services
- Fla. Stat. § 944.7071 — Operation New Hope
- Fla. Stat. § 944.708 — Rules
- Fla. Stat. § 944.710 — Definitions of terms relating to contractor-operated state correctional facilities and s. 944.105
- Fla. Stat. § 944.711 — Requests for proposals
- Fla. Stat. § 944.712 — Bidder and private vendor qualifications
- Fla. Stat. § 944.713 — Insurance against liability
- Fla. Stat. § 944.714 — Quality assurance and standards of operation
- Fla. Stat. § 944.715 — Delegation of authority
- Fla. Stat. § 944.716 — Contract termination and control of a correctional facility by the department
- Fla. Stat. § 944.717 — Conflicts of interest
- Fla. Stat. § 944.718 — Withdrawal of request for proposals
- Fla. Stat. § 944.719 — Adoption of rules, monitoring, and reporting
- Fla. Stat. § 944.72 — Contractor-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund
- Fla. Stat. § 944.73 — State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund
- Fla. Stat. § 944.801 — Education for state prisoners
- Fla. Stat. § 944.802 — Direct-support organization; definition; use of property; board of directors; audit
- Fla. Stat. § 944.803 — Faith- and character-based programs
- Fla. Stat. § 944.8031 — Inmate’s family visitation; legislative intent; minimum services provided to visitors; budget requests
- Fla. Stat. § 944.804 — Elderly offenders correctional facilities program of 2000
- Fla. Stat. § 944.8041 — Elderly offenders; annual review
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.