FL DOC - Dade Correctional Institution

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FL DOC – Dade Correctional Institution basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 305-242-1900

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Dade CI located at 19000 SW 377th St in Homestead, FL are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Dade Correctional Institution is state prison for adult male inmates that incarcerates about 1,500 offenders. The institution is considered a level V facility for minimum, medium and closed-custody inmates. This facility offers inmates the chance to work in community service support roles including working for the department of transportation, and other interagency services. Inmates incarcerated here can take anger management and resolution courses, parenting, and financial planning classes, as well as participate in stress management and mental health counseling. Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous courses are also available.

Calling an Inmate

Inmate Phone Procedure

Florida prison inmates are not permitted to receive telephone calls. Inmates may place collect calls to approved numbers

When an inmate enters the Florida prison system, he/she will have an inmate telephone account established with a Personal Identification Number (PIN) and be provided with instructions for placing collect calls to family and friends. Inmate phone lists are limited to ten (10) numbers

Inmates are authorized to initiate collect calls to personal landline numbers and personal cell phone numbers. Collect calls to businesses are prohibited. Before an inmate is permitted to place a collect call, she/he must submit the telephone number, name, and address for verification and activation prior to being added to the inmate's approved call list

Call Rates Effective November 23, 2016
Local per minute call rate	$.04
Prepaid and collect per minute call rate	$0.14

Phone Number Approval

Approved call lists can be changed every 6 months, or sooner under specific circumstances provided in the instructions. Each time this list is submitted, all verification information must be included for any additions/changes, as well as those numbers previously approved, the inmate wishes to retain. If only the additions/changes are submitted on the call list, those numbers previously submitted and approved will be deleted. Every new number an inmate requests to be added to the approved call list must be verified and activated before the inmate is allowed to call. If the inmate is unable to complete a call after the number is approved, they should initiate a request through their Classification Office.

If family and friends are unable to receive calls or have other questions regarding receiving calls from an inmate, they may contact their local phone provider or 800-844-6591 Securus Correctional Billing Services, for assistance.

If there is a family emergency, family members are urged to contact the institution's chaplain. The chaplain will notify the inmate and he/she may be granted a special telephone call

Writing an Inmate

All correspondence addressed to inmates must be sent by U.S. Postal Service mail. Correspondence sent by other courier or delivery services will be refused

Inmates shall not be permitted to receive routine mail in boxes, padded envelopes, plastic bags, multi-layer packaging, envelopes that include metal parts, any package containing bubble wrap or packing peanuts, or card stock type envelopes (i.e. U.S. Mail Priority or U.S. Mail Express cardboard type)

Addressing the Envelope

Always use the inmate’s committed name, DC number, and institutional address when addressing your letters.

Use the Facility Profiles to locate the address for major institutions. Use the printable directory to locate Work and Forestry Camps, Road Prisons, Work Release Centers and Administrative Service Center addresses.

Mail should be written in English or Spanish unless the inmate has prior written approval from the warden to receive correspondence in another language.

All routine mail sent to an inmate is opened, examined, and read by designated department staff.

Inmates are not authorized to access to the Internet.

Inmates Receiving Books, Periodicals (Magazines/Newsletters), or Other Publications

The sending of publications to inmates is addressed in Administrative Rule 33.501.401, “Admissible Reading Material” F.A.C.

Reading Material Restrictions

If you need more information on Writing an Inmate, see Rule 33 210.101 Florida Administrative Code or e-mail us at: central.classification@fdc.myflorida.com.

Chaplain
(305) 242-1900

Academic Programs:

GED Class
Pre-GED Class
Volunteer Literacy Program

Chaplaincy Services:

Aleph Institute (Rabbi Kats/Harlig)
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alpha & Omega
Arbol de Salvacion
Assembly of Yahweh
Bethel Seven Day Adventist
Catholic Fellowship
Catholic Mass
Catholic Vigil
Chapel Band
Chapel Library Study Hour
El Rey Jesus
- Discipleship (English and Spanish)
- Prayer for Life
- Sunday Service (English and Spanish)
Estodio Biblica
Financial Freedom
Foundation Institute / The School of Christ Prison Ministry
Full Gospel Tabernacle Assembly
God Behing Bars
Gould Church
Hebrew Israelite Worship
Hobla Dios Hoy
Holy Rock
- Eng/Creole
Homestead Baptist Church
Jesus Christo todo Peroso
Journey Through Scripture / St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Jumah
Kairos Weekend
Kent Bible Study
Kingdom Hall (Jehovah's Witness)
La Ultima Cosecha
Life in the Spirit Weekend
Life Skills Management
Marriage Enrichment
M.I.N.T.S.
Music Appreciation
Nelson Bible Study
New Life
- New Life TCU
Parenting Behavior Modification
Power of the Mind – Buddhist
Pre-Release Counseling
Riverside
Road to Emmaus Weekend
Roman's Studies
Taleem
TCU Chapel Services
The Purpose Driven Life
Time of Love
- Tiempos de Amor
Truth Project
Veteran Inmate Program
- VIP Flags/Marching Squad
WINGS Family Day
YE Ministries
Yeshiva
Yoga
Yoga TCU

Institutional Betterment Programs:

100-hour Transition Program
360°
5000 Role Models
Alcoholics Anonymous
Anger Management
Anger Resolution
Business Education
CDL (Classroom)
Children of Inmates
Creative Writing
Credit Repair
Employability
ESOL (English as Second Language)
Essuba / Domestic Violence
Family Matters
Financial Freedom
Financial Planning
Fresh Start Smoking Cessation
General Knowledge
Grief group counseling
HIV/AIDS/STD Basic Awareness
Horticulture
Italian
Law Library Program
Library Program
Life After Prison
Marriage Enrichment
Mental Health Counseling
Money Matters
Narcotics Anonymous
Parenting Behavior Modification
Pre-Release Counseling
Public Speaking
Small Business
Spanish
Stress Management
The Life Course
The Way Home / Bridge Builders
Thinking for a Change
Wellness Education
Wings Party

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