# Fla. Stat. § 944.02: 944.02 Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.02

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 944.02
- **Heading:** 944.02 Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 944 / Section 944.02

## Text

The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:

(1) “Commission” means the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

(2) “Correctional system” means all prisons and other state correctional institutions now existing or hereafter created under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

(3) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.

(4) “Elderly offender” means a prisoner age 50 or older in a state correctional institution or facility operated by the department.

(5) “Lease-purchase agreement” means an installment sales contract which requires regular payments with an interest charge included and which provides that the lessee receive title to the property upon final payment.

(6) “Prisoner” means any person who is under civil or criminal arrest and in the lawful custody of any law enforcement official, or any person committed to or detained in any municipal or county jail or state prison, prison farm, or penitentiary, or to the custody of the department pursuant to lawful authority.

(7) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Corrections.

(8) “State correctional institution” means any prison, road camp, prison industry, prison forestry camp, or any prison camp or prison farm or other correctional facility, temporary or permanent, in which prisoners are housed, worked, or maintained, under the custody and jurisdiction of the department.

History: s. 1, ch. 57-121; s. 18, ch. 61-530; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-441; s. 1, ch. 71-345; s. 283, ch. 71-377; s. 3, ch. 74-112; s. 21, ch. 77-120; s. 34, ch. 79-3; s. 1, ch. 85-340; s. 52, ch. 88-122; s. 1, ch. 2000-214; s. 1, ch. 2002-32; s. 5, ch. 2004-248; s. 33, ch. 2014-191; s. 6, ch. 2023-268.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 944.01 944.01 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.02 944.02 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.08 944.08 Commitment to custody of department; venue of institutions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.08.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.09 944.09 Rules of the department; offenders, probationers, and parolees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.10 944.10 Department of Corrections to provide buildings; sale and purchase of land; contracts to provide services and inmate labor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.11 944.11 Department to regulate admission of books.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.11.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.012 944.012 Legislative intent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.012.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.14 944.14 Supervision of correctional institutions; enforcement of orders and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.14.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.17 944.17 Commitments and classification; transfers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.17.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.23 944.23 Persons authorized to visit state prisons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.23.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.023 944.023 Comprehensive correctional master plan.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.023.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.024 944.024 Adult intake and evaluation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.024.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.24 944.24 Administration of correctional institutions for women.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.24.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 944.026 944.026 Community-based facilities and programs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C944_S944.026.md)

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