The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 951
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONERS

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F.S. 951.06

951.06 Employment of correctional officers; duties; salary.—

(1) The county commissioners shall designate a chief correctional officer and such correctional officers as they deem necessary.

(2) All chief correctional officers of prisoners shall see that all rules and regulations prescribed by law or the department are fully observed and complied with; enforce discipline among the prisoners in and about the camps; and administer punishment to prisoners, when in their judgment the same is necessary in order to enforce proper discipline, conforming always to the law and rules and regulations.

(3) All boards of county commissioners shall immediately discharge any correctional officer who shall be guilty of gross negligence or cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners under their control and their action shall be final.

(4) The salaries of correctional officers provided for in this chapter shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners, and the chief correctional officer shall be furnished means of transportation over the roads of the county when necessary, the upkeep and operation of which shall be furnished by the county; however, the county shall not in any case be required to furnish a driver of such conveyance where such services are required to be paid for.

(5) All salaries contemplated by this chapter shall be paid from the general revenue fund of the county.

History.—s. 13, ch. 6537, 1913; RGS 6218; s. 2, ch. 9203, 1923; CGL 8550; s. 44, ch. 57-121; ss. 1, 2, ch. 61-198; s. 18, ch. 61-530; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-441; s. 94, ch. 77-120; s. 113, ch. 79-3; s. 2, ch. 86-183; s. 29, ch. 96-312.

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Amendments to 951.06

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 951.06

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 951.06.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

LOTT, v. NOT- FOR- PROFIT HOSPITAL CORPORATION d b a, 373 F. Supp. 3d 92 (D.D.C. 2019)

. . . Code § 44-951.06(1) (providing that "[t]he Corporation shall have the power to [s]ue and be sued in its . . .

UNITED STATES EX REL. LOTT, v. NOT- FOR- PROFIT HOSPITAL CORPORATION,, 296 F. Supp. 3d 143 (D.D.C. 2017)

. . . Code § 44-951.06, it lacks sovereign immunity and therefore is subject to FCA liability, see Pl.' . . .

STANLEY, v. ISRAEL,, 843 F.3d 920 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 951.06(1). The Florida constitution does not define “chief correctional officer.” . . . Id. at § 951.06(2). . . . Stat. § 951.06. . . . Stat. §§ 30.49, 951.06(5); Broward Cty. Ord. § 18-01(e). . . . Stat. § 145.071, with id. at § 951.06(4). . . .

N. OGUGUA, v. NOT- FOR- PROFIT HOSPITAL CORP., 217 F. Supp. 3d 76 (D.D.C. 2016)

. . . Code § 44-951.06). . . .

UMC DEVELOPMENT, LLC GSCH, LLC, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,, 982 F. Supp. 2d 13 (D.D.C. 2013)

. . . Code §§ 44-951.02, 44-951.06. By contrast, the D.C. . . .

WILLIAMS Sr. v. ERGLE,, 698 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . By comparison, section 951.06, Florida Statutes (1995), simply empowers chief correctional officers to . . .

MILLER v. CARSON,, 401 F. Supp. 835 (M.D. Fla. 1975)

. . . . § 951.06 (1973) Fla.Stat. § 951.06 (1973) provides in part: (1) The county commissioners shall employ . . . Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida, provides the standards for employment referred to in Fla.Stat. § 951.06 . . . admitted non-compliance with the provisions of Rule 10B-8.03 and therefore the provisions of Fla.Stat. § 951.06 . . . Stat. § 951.06(2) (1973). . . .