For Immediate Release
September 14, 1999
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Inmates Transferred Due
to Hurricane Floyd
TALLAHASSEE - Hurricane Floyd has forced the transfer of thousands of prison inmates to other facilities inland.
Because of security concerns and fluctuating schedules, DOC cannot disclose the destinations of these inmates, whose transfers began Monday and should be complete tonight. Family members wanting to know their whereabouts for visitation purposes may call our inmate family ombudsman toll-free at 1-888-558-6488 or visit our website at www.dc.state.fl.us.
The breakdown is as follows (CI is correctional institution, WRC is work release center, WC is work camp and RP is road prison):
- Brevard CI (Sharpes), 1186 inmates
- Indian River CI (Vero Beach), 98 special needs inmates
- Reality House (contract drug center in Daytona Beach), 84 inmates
- Dinsmore WRC (Jacksonville), 116 inmates
- Cocoa WRC, 59 inmates
- Big Pine Key RP, 62 inmates
- Atlantic WRC (West Palm Beach), 34 inmates
- Miami WRC, 25 inmates
- Miami North WRC, 133 inmates
- Opa Locka WRC, 72 inmates
- Hollywood WRC, 54 inmates
- Pompano Beach WRC, 157 inmates
- Ft. Pierce WRC, 71 inmates
- West Palm Beach WRC, 104 inmates
- Loxahatchee RP, 89 inmates
- Tomoka CI (Daytona Beach), 940 inmates
- Glades WC (Belle Glade), 276 inmates
- Martin WC (Indiantown), 254 inmates
- Kissimmee WRC, 97 inmates
- Orlando WRC, 53 inmates
TOTAL = 4023 inmates
