Florida Department of Corrections

Florida Department of Corrections
Official seal of the Florida Department of Corrections
Correctional Officer Badge
Abbreviation	FDC
Motto	"Inspiring success by transforming one life at a time." "We never walk alone."
Agency overview
Formed	1978
Preceding agency	Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation
Employees	23,752[1]
Annual budget	$3.8 billion[2]
Operational structure
Headquarters	Doyle Carlton Building, Tallahassee, Florida.
Agency executives	Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary Richard Comerford, Deputy Secretary Dan Johnson, General Counsel Kenneth Sumpter, Inspector General Timothy Fitzgerald, Chief of Staff
Website
www.dc.state.fl.us

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 population of approximately 84,700 and over 200,000 offenders in community supervision programs.^[3] It is the largest agency administered by the State of Florida with a budget of $3.3 billion.^[4]

The Department has 143 facilities statewide, including 43 major institutions, 33 work camps, 15 Annexes, 20 work release centers and 6 road prisons/forestry camps. It has almost 24,000 employees, about three-quarters of whom are either sworn certified corrections officers or sworn certified probation officers. The Department has K9 units statewide that are frequently utilized for tracking escapees and, in cases of small or rural law enforcement agencies, criminals who have fled from law enforcement or assisting in search and rescue for missing persons.^[5]