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The Florida Department of Corrections ( FDC) is the government agency responsible for operating state prisons in the U.S. state of Florida. It has its headquarters in the state capital of Tallahassee . The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States. As of July 2022, FDC had an inmate ...
South Dakota Department of Corrections. Tennessee Department of Correction. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Utah Department of Corrections. Vermont Department of Corrections. Virginia Department of Corrections. Washington State Department of Corrections. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The Florida Statute 775.087, [ 1] known as the 10-20-Life law, is a mandatory minimum sentencing law in the U.S. state of Florida. The law concerns the use of a firearm during the commission of a forcible felony. [ 2][ 3] The Florida Statute 's name comes from a set of three basic minimum sentences it provides for.
The Florida Department of Corrections [1] is divided into four regions, each representing a specific geographical area of the state. Region I [ 2 ] is the panhandle area, Region II [ 3 ] is the north-east and north-central areas, Region III [ 4 ] consist of central Florida and Region IV [1] which covers the southern portion of the peninsula.
August 15, 1952. Starke, Florida. Alma mater. University of Florida, Jacksonville Baptist Theological Seminary. James V. “Jimmy” Crosby Jr. (born 1952) is the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. He was appointed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush in 2003.
Julie L. Jones. Julie L. Jones is an American corrections officer who served as secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from 2014 to 2019. Jones was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to replace outgoing secretary Michael D. Crews. She was Governor Scott's fourth and final secretary of corrections in his eight years in office.
James R. McDonough is an American former military officer and civil servant. He was the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from February 10, 2006, to January 15, 2008. Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed McDonough after Secretary Jimmy V. Crosby resigned amidst a corruption scandal. [ 1]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. The total amounts to 105 people. Of the 105 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 61 have been executed by lethal injection .