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Record Group Number: 000670
Series/Collection Number: .S 2187
Creator: Florida. Dept. of Corrections.
Title, Dates: Director's files, 1957-1962; 1981.
Amount: .25 cubic ft.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1957, the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions created the Department of Corrections, then titled the Division of Corrections, to manage all state prisons (Ch. 57-317, Laws of Florida).  The name changed to Department of Corrections in 1978 (Ch. 78-53, Laws). Since 1975, the Department has overseen all agencies providing incarceration and rehabilitative services for adult offenders and, until the 1994 establishment of the Department of Juvenile Justice, for youth offenders as well.  The Department administers institutional and non-institutional programs; inspects all county, state, and municipal correctional and detention facilities; and operates over 50 prisons as well as work camps, work release centers (formerly called community correctional centers), road prisons, forestry camps, boot camps, and a drug treatment center.
Summary:     This series contains records maintained by various Directors of the Department of Corrections. It includes correspondence with state and federal officials, citizens, and others regarding prison administration and the convict labor program. This series also includes records related to the planning of the 1981 dedication ceremony of Tomoka Correctional Institution, such as correspondence and tentative programs.
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Subject Access Fields: Convict labor Florida
Corrections Florida
Prison administration Florida
Prisons Florida
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