Fla. Stat. 945.73
Inmate training program operation

(1)

The department shall, subject to specific legislative appropriation, develop and implement training programs for eligible inmates which include, but are not limited to, marching drills, calisthenics, a rigid dress code, work assignments, physical training, training in decisionmaking and personal development, drug counseling, education, and rehabilitation.

(2)

Only inmates eligible for control release pursuant to s. 947.146 shall be permitted to participate in the training program.

(3)

The inmate training program shall provide a short incarceration period of rigorous training to inmates who require a greater degree of supervision than is provided for those on community control or probation. The inmate training program is not intended to divert offenders away from probation or community control, but to divert them from long periods of incarceration when a short “shock” incarceration could produce the same deterrent effect.

(4)

Upon an inmate’s completion of the inmate training program, the department shall submit a report to the releasing authority that describes the inmate’s performance. If the performance has been satisfactory, the releasing authority shall establish a release date which is within 30 days following program completion. As a condition of release, the inmate shall be placed on community supervision as provided in chapter 947, and shall be subject to the conditions established therefor.

(5)

If an inmate in the training program becomes unmanageable, the department may place the inmate in the general inmate population to complete the remainder of his or her sentence. Any period of time in which the inmate is unable to participate in the inmate training program activities may be excluded from the specified time requirements in the inmate training program. The portion of the sentence served prior to placement in the inmate training program shall not be counted toward program completion.

(6)

The department shall work cooperatively with the Control Release Authority, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, or such other authority as may exist or be established in the future which is empowered by law to effect the release of an inmate who has successfully completed the requirements established by ss. 945.71-945.74.

(7)

The department shall provide a special training program for staff selected to operate the inmate training program.

Source: Section 945.73 — Inmate training program operation, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0945.­73 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

945.01
Definitions 945.04
Department of Corrections 945.10
Confidential information 945.12
Transfers for rehabilitative treatment 945.25
Records 945.025
Jurisdiction of department 945.27
Proceedings by department 945.28
Selection of probation or parole offices by the department 945.31
Restitution and other payments 945.35
Requirement for education on human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and other communicable diseases 945.035
Notice of employment, appointment, or separation 945.36
Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees 945.40
Corrections Mental Health Act 945.041
Reports 945.41
Legislative intent of ss 945.42
Definitions 945.43
Placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.043
Department-operated day care services 945.44
Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.45
Continued placement of inmates in mental health treatment facilities 945.46
Initiation of involuntary placement proceedings with respect to a mentally ill inmate scheduled for release 945.47
Discharge of inmate from mental health treatment 945.047
Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department 945.48
Rights of inmates provided mental health treatment 945.49
Operation and administration 945.71
Inmate training programs 945.72
Eligibility and screening of inmates 945.73
Inmate training program operation 945.74
Implementation 945.091
Extension of the limits of confinement 945.092
Limits on work-release and minimum security custody for persons who have committed the crime of escape 945.215
Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds 945.0311
Employment of relatives 945.355
HIV testing of inmates prior to release 945.601
Correctional Medical Authority 945.602
State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority 945.603
Powers and duties of authority 945.604
Medical claims 945.0913
Inmates prohibited from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a work-release program 945.2151
Verifying social security numbers 945.6031
Required reports and surveys 945.6032
Quality management program requirements 945.6033
Continuing contracts with health care providers 945.6034
Minimum health care standards 945.6035
Dispute resolution 945.6036
Enforcement 945.6037
Nonemergency health care 945.6038
Inmate litigation costs 945.6041
Inmate medical services 945.21501
Employee Benefit Trust Fund 945.21503
Federal Grants Trust Fund

Current through Fall 2025

§ 945.73. Inmate training program operation's source at flsenate​.gov