Our
County Road Prison is unique in Florida; it is the
only county-operated work camp. As a work camp, we
provide a large part of the manual labor work force
for the Roads and Bridges Division, our neighbor in
a 80-acre compound in Cantonment. Supervised by correctional
officers, our work crews perform various tasks for
the County such as clearing rights-of-way, grounds
maintenance, drainage projects, and other aspects
of road and stormwater maintenance.
Our work force consists of inmates who are housed
at our facility. They are supervised on the road and
guarded during off-duty hours by our staff of employees.
Most of our inmates have been sentenced by the courts;
however, approximately 28% are pre-trial detainees
who have volunteered to work on county roads.
As a Prison, we perform all the typical activities
associated with incarceration of prisoners including
internal security, administration, food service, and
building and grounds maintenance. Additionally, to
minimize our food expenditures, we use inmate labor
to grow our own vegetables on 16 acres of our compound.
To further reduce costs, we are planning to build
a catfish farm on site, as well as experimenting with
maintaining a herd of beef cattle. Our goal is self-sufficiency!
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