Bay Correctional Facility

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Bay Correctional Facility
Location5400 Bayline Drive
Panama City, Florida
Statusmixed
Capacity985
Opened1995
Managed by GEO Group (since 2014)

The Bay Correctional Facility is a private state prison for men located in Panama City, Bay County, Florida, which has been operated since February 2014 by the GEO Group under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections. [1] This facility was opened in 1995 and has a maximum capacity of 985 prisoners. [2] Corrections Corporation of America was the prior operator of the prison.

Panama City, Florida City in Florida

Panama City is a city and the county seat of Bay County, Florida, United States. Located along U.S. Route 98, it is the largest city between Tallahassee and Pensacola. It is the more populated of two principal cities of the Panama City-Lynn Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,484. The city was extensively damaged when Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018.

Bay County, Florida County in Florida, United States

Bay County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 168,852. Its county seat is Panama City.

GEO Group American institutional facilities company

The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a Florida-based company specializing in privatized corrections, detention, and mental health treatment. It maintains facilities in North America, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. In 2015, the GEO Group's contracts with the U.S. federal government for operating prisons generated about 45% of its revenues. GEO Group facilities include prisons of all three security levels, immigration detention centers, minimum-security detention centers, and mental-health and residential-treatment facilities. It owns numerous facilities and, in other cases, operates state or federal facilities under contract.

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References

  1. "Bay Correctional Institution". Florida Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "Bay Correctional Facility". GEO Group. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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