South Bay Correctional Facility

South Bay Correctional Facility
Location	600 Us Highway 27 South South Bay, Florida
Status	mixed
Capacity	1948
Opened	1997
Managed by	GEO Group

The South Bay Correctional Facility is a private state prison for men located in South Bay, Palm Beach County, Florida, which is operated by GEO Group under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections.^[1] This facility was opened in 1997 and has a maximum capacity of 1948 prisoners.^[2]

In September 2012, a jury awarded a South Bay inmate a $1.2 million settlement for the loss of an eye during a fight with another inmate.^[3]

References

↑ "South Bay Correctional Institution". Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
↑ "South Bay Correctional Facility". GEO Group. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
↑ Musgrave, Jane (13 September 2012). "Jury awards inmate injured in South Bay prison $1.2 million". Palm Beach Post.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

Florida Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Apalachee East Unit Apalachee, West Unit Avon Park Baker Calhoun Central Florida Reception Center Central Florida Reception Center, East Unit Central Florida Reception Center, South Unit Century Charlotte Columbia Columbia Annex Cross City Cross City East Unit Dade Desoto Annex Everglades Florida State Prison Florida State Prison, West Unit Florida Women's Reception Center ♀ Franklin Gulf Gulf Annex Hamilton Hamilton Annex Hardee Hernando ♀ Holmes Homestead ♀ Jackson Jefferson Lake Lancaster Lawtey Liberty Lowell ♀ Lowell Annex ♀ Madison Marion Martin Mayo Annex Northwest Florida Reception Center Northwest Florida Reception Center Annex Okaloosa Okeechobee Polk Putnam Quincy Annex Reception and Medical Center Reception and Medical Center, West Unit Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Annex South Florida Reception Center South Florida Reception Center, South Unit Sumter Suwannee Suwannee Annex Taylor Taylor Annex Tomoka Union Wakula Wakulla Annex Walton Zephyrhills

Private	Bay (operated by GEO Group) Blackwater River (GEO Group) Gadsden ♀ (Management and Training Corporation) Graceville (GEO Group) Lake City (Corrections Corporation of America) Moore Haven (GEO Group) South Bay (GEO Group)

Closed (partial list)	Broward Glades Mayo

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female)

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