Capacity: 1948
Client: Florida Department of Management Services (FL DMS)
Accreditations: American Correctional Association (ACA) and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) was awarded a contract for the design, finance, lease, construction and operation of the South Bay Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility in 1994.
The facility provides academic and vocational training including CDL, work opportunities, substance abuse programs and counseling. A Prison Industries Program through Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc. (PRIDE) operates a print shop at the facility.
The facility consists of a dormitory building that is utilized as a Therapeutic Community (TC). The TC is licensed as a residential Level III Drug Treatment Program by the Florida DCF. More than 80% of the total population participates in some form of education, substance abuse, or life skills programming. The facility also has several recreation areas, both indoor and outdoor.
The facility received accreditation from the American Correctional Association (ACA) in 1999 and was re-accredited in 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017 with a score of 100%. The facility was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 2002, making it the first correctional facility in Florida to receive this honor. SACS re-accredited the facility in 2006.