Florida Statutes Chapter 946 — INMATE LABOR AND CORRECTIONAL WORK PROGRAMS

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Fla. Stat. § 946.002

Requirement of labor; compensation; amount; crediting of account of prisoner; forfeiture; civil rights; prisoner not employee or entitled to compensation insurance benefits

(1)(a) The department shall require of every able-bodied prisoner imprisoned in any institution as many hours of faithful labor in each day and every day during his or her term of imprisonment as shall be prescribed by the rules of the department. Every able-bodied prisoner classified as medium custody or minimum custo…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.205

Institutional work

The department may cause to be cultivated by the inmates of the adult correctional institutions that are under the control and supervision of the department such food items as are grown on farms or in gardens generally, and as are needed and used in the state institutions. The department may sell any surplus food items…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.25

Sale of hobbycrafts by prisoners

When, in the planning of the rehabilitation program of the Department of Corrections through its recreational facilities, plans are made for prisoners to engage in hobbies and hobbycrafts after their normal working hours and when they are not required by the warden of a state prison or correctional institution to be on…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.31

Sources of fund

If any general service operation of an institution is transferred to the work program operation by the Department of Corrections, all assets and liabilities of such operation shall become a part of the Correctional Work Program Trust Fund. All income, receipts, earnings, and profits from work programs operated by the d…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.32

Use of fund

Except as otherwise provided by law, the funds shall be used for the purposes of financing the operation of inmate work programs herein set forth, and all costs of operation of such work programs shall be paid from this fund, including compensation of all personnel whose time or proportion of time is devoted to such wo…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.33

Disbursements from fund

The funds in the Correctional Work Program Trust Fund shall be deposited in the State Treasury and paid out only on warrants drawn by the Chief Financial Officer, duly approved by the Department of Corrections. The department shall maintain all necessary records and accounts relative to such funds.

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Fla. Stat. § 946.40

Use of prisoners in public works

(1) The Department of Corrections shall, subject to the availability of funds appropriated for that purpose, and, in the absence of such funds, may, enter into agreements with such political subdivisions in the state, as defined by s. 1.01(8), including municipalities; with such agencies and institutions of the state;…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.41

Promotion of inmate work programs; safety signage

The department shall, to the extent possible and within existing resources, promote inmate work programs to the public which may include any or all of the following: signs clearly displayed which identify inmate work crews as inmates working in the community under the supervision of the department or another entity, si…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.42

Use of inmates on private property

(1) The department may allow inmates who meet the criteria provided in s. 946.40 to enter onto private property to perform public works or for the following purposes:(a) To accept and collect donations for the use and benefit of the department.(b) To assist federal, state, local, and private agencies before, during, an…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.501

Findings of fact

(1) It is the finding of the Legislature that correctional work programs of the Department of Corrections are uniquely different from other programs operated or conducted by other departments in that it is essential to the state that the work programs provide inmates with useful activities that can lead to meaningful e…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.502

Legislative intent with respect to operation of correctional work programs

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a nonprofit corporation lease and manage the correctional work programs of the Department of Corrections.(2) It is further the intent of the Legislature that, once one such nonprofit corporation is organized, no other nonprofit corporation be organized for the purpose of car…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.5025

Authorization of corporation to enter into contracts

The corporation established under this part may enter into contracts to operate correctional work programs with any county or municipal authority that operates a correctional facility or with a contractor authorized under chapter 944 or chapter 957 to operate a contractor-operated correctional facility. The corporation…

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Business & Commerce

Fla. Stat. § 946.5026

Sovereign immunity in tort actions

The provisions of s. 768.28 shall be applicable to the corporation established under this part, which is deemed to be a corporation primarily acting as an instrumentality of the state.

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Fla. Stat. § 946.503

Definitions to be used with respect to correctional work programs

As used in this part, the term:(1) “Contractor-operated correctional facility” means a facility authorized by chapter 944 or chapter 957.(2) “Corporation” means the private nonprofit corporation established pursuant to s. 946.504(1), or a private nonprofit corporation whose sole member is the private nonprofit corporat…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.504

Organization of corporation to operate correctional work programs; lease of facilities

(1) The department shall lease buildings and land to the nonprofit corporation authorized to operate the correctional work programs, the members of which are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The same appointment process shall be followed to fill any vacancy. The corporation shall be organized purs…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.505

Reversion upon dissolution of corporation or termination of lease

(1) In the event the corporation is dissolved or its lease of any correctional work program expires or is otherwise terminated, all property relating to such correctional work program which ceases to function because of such termination or dissolution, including all buildings, land, furnishings, equipment, and other ch…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.506

Modification or termination of correctional work program by the corporation

This part does not prevent the corporation from modifying, altering, or terminating any correctional work program, once assumed, so long as the corporation is otherwise carrying out the provisions of this part.

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Business & Commerce

Fla. Stat. § 946.509

Insurance of property leased or acquired by the corporation

(1) The State Risk Management Trust Fund created under s. 284.30 shall insure all property eligible for coverage under part I of chapter 284 which is leased by the department to the corporation or which is subsequently acquired and owned or leased by the corporation and subject to the reversionary ownership interest of…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.5095

Elimination of hazardous conditions

Pursuant to the applicable provisions of part I of chapter 284, whenever state-insured property leased to or otherwise held by the corporation is inspected by the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services and any condition is found to exist which, in the opinion of the division, is hazardous f…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.510

Insurance by Division of Risk Management

Pursuant to the applicable provisions of chapter 284, the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services is authorized to insure the corporation under the same general terms and conditions as the Department of Corrections was insured by the division prior to the corporation leasing the correctional…

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Banking, Finance & Insurance

Fla. Stat. § 946.511

Inmate labor to operate correctional work programs

(1) Inmates shall be evaluated and identified during the reception process to determine basic literacy, employment skills, academic skills, vocational skills, and remedial and rehabilitative needs. The evaluation shall prescribe education, work, and work-training for each inmate. Assignment to programs shall be based o…

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Labor & Employment

Fla. Stat. § 946.512

Inmate compensation plan

The corporation shall establish a compensation plan that provides for a specific amount to be paid to the department to be credited to an account for an inmate performing labor and a portion to be used to make any court-ordered payments, including restitution to the victim, and a specific amount to be paid to the Priso…

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Fla. Stat. § 946.513

Private employment of inmates; disposition of compensation received

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, an inmate may be employed by the corporation or by any other private entity operating on the grounds of a correctional institution prior to the last 24 months of the inmate’s confinement. Compensation received for such employment shall be credited by the department t…

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Labor & Employment

Fla. Stat. § 946.514

Civil rights of inmates; inmates not state employees; liability of corporation for inmate injuries

(1) Nothing contained in this part is intended to restore in whole or in part the civil rights of inmates.(2) No inmate compensated under this part or by the corporation or the department shall be considered as an employee of the state, the department, or the corporation.(3) The corporation is liable for inmate injury…

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Business & Commerce

Fla. Stat. § 946.515

Use of goods and services produced in correctional work programs

(1) Any service or item manufactured, processed, grown, or produced by the corporation in a correctional work program may be furnished or sold to any legislative, executive, or judicial agency of the state, any political subdivision, any other state, any foreign entity or agent thereof, any agency of the Federal Govern…

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