The state's department of corrections located 4,000 inmates to more secure facilities.
from the Florida Department of Corrections, inmates from some of the state’s smaller prisons, work release centers and work camps were moved to more secure lodgings equipped to handle a storm that could be a Category 3 hurricane by the time it makes landfall on Wednesday.
Notably impacted was the Cross City Work Camp in Dixie County, which is located in Dixie County in the state’s Big Bend area, thereported. Inmates from the Tallahassee Community Release center in the state’s capital were also impacted, according to the newspaper. Officials were preparing to deliver extra food and water to prisons in the hurricane’s path, the Department of Correction stated inThe Lake City Correctional Facility in Columbia County, located halfway between Jacksonville and Tallahassee, is operated by CoreCivic, a Tennessee-based private prisons contractor,reported. The company also manages the Citrus County Detention Facility in Lecanto, located about 76 miles north of Tampa.
CoreCivic spokesperson Brian Todd said both facilities had backup generators and the company will coordinate with local emergency response agencies, according to the television station.
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