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Homestead Correctional Institution Overview

Homestead Correctional Institution is a Level 4 female state correctional institution operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. Established in 1976, it is one of FDC's longer-standing major institutions for women. The facility sits on approximately 205 acres in Florida City at the southern end of Miami-Dade County, sharing that campus with Dade Correctional Institution, which houses male state prisoners. The campus location places both institutions near Everglades National Park. Homestead CI holds adult women who have been sentenced by Florida courts; it does not hold county pretrial detainees or women in local Miami-Dade county custody.

The FDC PREA audit for Homestead CI reports a custody-level range that includes community, minimum, medium, and close custody, reflecting a diverse population by sentence length and security classification. The age range documented in the audit runs from 21 to 79, and the average length of stay is 2.45 years. Homestead CI is classified as Level 4 under FDC's institution classification system, which designates it as a major women's institution capable of housing a range of custody levels. It is the primary female FDC state prison on the Miami-Dade campus. For the male counterpart on the same grounds, see Dade Correctional Institution.

Homestead CI Capacity and Population

The FDC PREA audit for Homestead Correctional Institution reports a design capacity of 768 beds and a population of 553 at the time of the audit. The 12-month average daily population recorded in the audit is 677. These figures come from the official Prison Rape Elimination Act audit conducted at the facility. Because population at a state correctional institution fluctuates as inmates are transferred, released, or reassigned, these figures represent sourced audit data rather than a real-time count. For current figures, contact the Florida Department of Corrections directly.

Homestead Correctional Institution Inmate Lookup

Women held at Homestead CI are tracked through the Florida Department of Corrections Corrections Offender Network, not through the Miami-Dade county jail roster. The MDCR county roster is for people in Miami-Dade county jail custody awaiting trial or serving short county sentences. Once a woman receives a felony sentence and transfers into FDC custody, she no longer appears on the county roster. The FDC Offender Search is the correct and only public-facing system for her record.

The FDC Inmate Population Information Search is available at pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/OffenderSearch/Search.aspx?TypeSearch=AI. The broader FDC Corrections Offender Network menu, which links searches for active population, released inmates, escaped inmates, supervised offenders, and absconders, is at pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/OffenderSearch/InmateInfoMenu.aspx.

The screenshot below shows the FDC Inmate Population Information Search, which is the correct tool for searching Homestead CI inmates by name or DC Number.

After entering a name or DC Number, confirm that the result shows Homestead Correctional Institution as the current facility before viewing the full profile.

Each FDC inmate is assigned a DC Number, the primary six-character state identifier. A DC Number is either fully numeric or begins with one letter followed by five digits. Entering the DC Number in the search returns the most precise and direct result. Name searches work using begins-with matching, so entering the first letters of the last name will return all matching inmates whose names start with those characters. The database covers felony offenders sentenced to FDC. It does not include people sentenced to county jail, county probation, or other local supervision in Miami-Dade or anywhere else in Florida.

1. Go to the FDC Inmate Population Information Search.
2. Enter the DC Number if known, or enter last name and first name using at least the first few characters of each.
3. Check the results and confirm that Homestead Correctional Institution appears as the current facility.
4. Open the individual profile to review current and prior offenses, custody classification, and release date, which updates nightly.

FDC refreshes the inmate population database and photos weekly. Release dates and location changes update nightly. For specific record questions, contact the Bureau of Classification and Central Records at 850-488-9859 or central.classification@fdc.myflorida.com.

Homestead CI Address and Contact

Homestead Correctional Institution is located in Florida City at the southern end of Miami-Dade County, sharing a campus address with Dade Correctional Institution. When contacting the facility or sending official mail, use the full mailing address and phone number below. The fax line is available for specific administrative purposes. Always call before traveling to confirm any specific procedure or schedule.

For custody-status alerts and release notification related to a Homestead CI inmate, register through the VINE system. The FDC VINE inmate information line is available 24 hours a day at 1-877-846-3435. FDC Victim Services is available on weekdays at 1-877-884-2846 for victims of crimes committed by state prison inmates.

Visiting an Inmate at Homestead Correctional Institution

Visiting a woman at Homestead CI requires going through FDC's formal visitor approval process. This process differs significantly from county jail visiting. Any person who is age 12 or older and wants to visit an inmate must first complete form DC6-111A, the FDC visitor application. No visit may take place without prior approval on file. The application may be mailed to the Classification department at Homestead CI or submitted through the facility's visitation email address. Processing takes approximately 30 days from receipt.

After approval, each individual visit must also be scheduled. FDC requires the scheduling form to be submitted during a defined weekly window running from Monday at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time to Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Visitors who arrive at the facility without a completed scheduling form will not be admitted. There are no walk-up visits. The table below outlines the key steps and requirements.

Visitors should also ask about dress code requirements, prohibited items, acceptable identification, and any other facility-specific rules before traveling. Procedures can change, and confirming with the facility in advance avoids a wasted trip.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Homestead CI

Sending mail to a Homestead CI inmate follows FDC statewide mail procedures, not Miami-Dade county jail rules. Routine personal inmate mail is processed through FDC's central electronic mail facility, where it is scanned and delivered digitally to the inmate rather than arriving as a physical letter at the prison. This applies to standard personal correspondence sent by family or friends. Legal and privileged mail is handled differently and carries a strict requirement: any legal mail postmarked on or after September 15, 2025 must include both the attorney registration number and a legal-mail tracking number, or FDC will return it to the sender unopened.

Phone and money services for FDC inmates are governed by FDC policy and the vendors contracted by the department for each facility. These services are not the same as what Miami-Dade county jails provide. The county system uses Securus for inmate phone calls and TouchPay with facility code 233101 for trust account deposits. Those county-specific tools have no connection to state prison services at Homestead CI.

Note: Contact Homestead CI at 305-242-1770 to confirm the current phone vendor, deposit options, and correct mailing format before sending anything to an inmate at the facility.

Reception and Classification at Homestead CI

Women are not sent to Homestead Correctional Institution through the county booking process. The path into this facility begins with a felony sentence imposed by a Florida state court. When a woman in Miami-Dade county jail custody receives a state prison sentence, she moves out of the MDCR system and into FDC custody. FDC then manages reception and classification, which is the formal intake process used to assess each inmate before placing her in a permanent facility.

Classification is the formal term for the evaluation FDC conducts upon a new inmate's entry into the state system. Staff review medical and mental-health needs, the court record and sentence length, educational and work history, security risk factors, and program requirements. The result of that evaluation is a custody level assignment. The four custody levels operating at Homestead CI are community, minimum, medium, and close. An inmate's custody level can change over the course of her sentence as FDC reassesses her situation through periodic reviews.

The average length of stay at Homestead CI, as recorded in the PREA audit, is 2.45 years. The inmate age range at the facility runs from 21 to 79 years, reflecting a population that includes both younger felony inmates and older women serving longer terms. Homestead CI holds only sentenced state felons. It does not hold women who are awaiting trial, serving county sentences, or held under other local or federal authority. The distinction matters for anyone trying to locate a person: if a Miami-Dade woman was recently arrested but not yet sentenced, she would appear in the MDCR county inmate search, not the FDC system. Once sentenced to state prison and transferred, only the FDC Offender Search applies.

About Homestead Correctional Institution

Homestead Correctional Institution was established in 1976, making it one of FDC's older women's facilities. It is classified by FDC as a major institution and operates at Level 4, the designation for facilities that house a broad range of custody levels up to close custody. The facility shares its 205-acre campus with Dade Correctional Institution, the male state prison at the same Florida City address. The two institutions are separate entities with different staff, populations, and administration; they share physical space on a joint correctional campus.

The campus sits at the far southern end of Miami-Dade County, near the edge of Everglades National Park. Both the women's facility at Homestead CI and the men's facility at Dade CI fall within FDC Region 4, which oversees state correctional institutions in South Florida. FDC operates statewide as Florida's largest state agency, with a prison population exceeding 80,000 inmates and a supervised community population of more than 146,000. Homestead CI is one of a small number of FDC institutions exclusively designed for women.

For families and victims seeking custody-status updates, the FDC VINE line at 1-877-846-3435 operates 24 hours a day. Registering provides automated notification of transfer, release, escape, or death for a specific inmate. Victims may also contact FDC Victim Services at 1-877-884-2846 on weekdays during business hours. For general questions about how FDC custody fits into Miami-Dade County's broader correctional landscape, including the difference between county pretrial custody and state prison sentences, the Jail Inmate Records page explains the distinction between the MDCR county roster and the FDC system.