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FL DOC – Holmes 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: 850-547-8600
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at Holmes CI located at 3142 Thomas Dr in Bonifay, 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.
Contacting an Inmate at the FL DOC – Holmes Correctional Facility
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
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.
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
(850) 547-8598
Academic Programs:
- Adult Basic Education (Main Unit & Work Camp)
- General Educational Development (GED) (Main Unit & Work Camp)
- Special Education Services
- Title I Services
Vocational Programs:
- Welding Technology
- Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing
- PC Support Services
Chaplaincy Services:
- Baptisms
- Bridge Builders (drug treatment)
- Catholic Studies/Communion
- Chapel Library Program
- Chapel Media Center — DVD Educational
- Chapel Re-Entry Classes
- Discipleship — Living on the Edge
- Faith and Character Based Program — Phase II
- Evangelism Explosion — Prison E.E.
- Hebrew Israelite Study
- Interfaith Mediation
- Islamic Jumah Prayer
- Jehovah Witness Bible Study
- Jewish Sabbath Prayer Services
- Marriage Process
- Music/Band
- Parenting
- Primary Worship Opportunities
- Religious and Crisis Counseling
- Religious Education
- Religious Study Program
- Revivals and Special Events
- Self Help Program
- Spanish Worship Services
- Worship Services
- Yoga
Institutional Betterment Programs:
- 100-Hour Transition Program
- Anger & Stress Management
- Fresh Start Smoking Cessation
- Goal Planning
- Job Interview Skills
- Law Library Program
- Library Program
- Money Management
- Pre-Release Counseling
- Active and Passive Sports
- Thinking for a Change
- Victim Impact
- Wellness Education
Holmes Correctional Institution is located in Bonifay Florida. It is a level IV facility that currently can incarcerate 1,185 adult male offenders. Custody levels that are housed here are minimum, medium and closed-custody inmates. The educational programs offered at this institution include adult basic education, GED courses, and special educational opportunities. Inmates can also learn vocational skills including welding, computer repair, and automotive collision repair and repainting. Offenders can also take part in a variety of self-improvement programs offered through the Chaplains office. These include yoga, religious studies and worshiping, parenting classes, music, and meditation. Anger and stress management, financial planning, and preparing for job interviews are some of the additional courses offered at this facility.
visitation Info
FL DOC – Holmes Correctional Facility – Visitation
Regular visiting is held on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (8:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time). Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. (7:15 a.m. CST) on both days. Visitors will not be processed after 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. CST) unless authorized by the duty warden. Visitors will be allowed to park in designated spaces no earlier than 7:30 a.m. EST and 6:30 a.m. CST on visiting days.
Regular visiting is permitted on the following holidays:
• New Year's Day
• Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (third Monday in January)
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veteran's Day (November 11th)
• Thanksgiving Day
• Friday after Thanksgiving; and
• Christmas Day
If any of the holidays listed above falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday will be observed as a holiday. If any of these holidays fall on Sunday, then the following Monday will be observed as the holiday
