(1) It is unlawful, except through regular channels as duly authorized by the sheriff or officer in charge, to introduce into or possess upon the grounds of any county detention facility as defined in s. 951.23 or to give to or receive from any inmate of any such facility wherever said inmate is located at the time or to take or to attempt to take or send therefrom any of the following articles, which are contraband:
(a) Any written or recorded communication. This paragraph does not apply to any document or correspondence exchanged between a lawyer, paralegal, or other legal staff and an inmate at a detention facility if the document or correspondence is otherwise lawfully possessed and disseminated and relates to the legal representation of the inmate.
(b) Any currency or coin.
(c) Any article of food or clothing.
(d) Any tobacco products as defined in s. 210.25(12).
(e) Any cigarette as defined in s. 210.01(1).
(f) Any cigar.
(g) Any intoxicating beverage or beverage that causes or may cause an intoxicating effect.
(h) Any narcotic, hypnotic, or excitative drug or drug of any kind or nature, including nasal inhalators, sleeping pills, barbiturates, marijuana as defined in s. 381.986, hemp as defined in s. 581.217, industrial hemp as defined in s. 1004.4473, or controlled substances as defined in s. 893.02(4).
(i) Any firearm or any instrumentality customarily used or which is intended to be used as a dangerous weapon.
(j) Any instrumentality of any nature which may be or is intended to be used as an aid in effecting or attempting to effect an escape from a county facility.
(k) Any cellular telephone or other portable communication device as described in s. 944.47(1)(a)6., intentionally and unlawfully introduced inside the secure perimeter of any county detention facility. The term does not include any device that has communication capabilities which has been approved or issued by the sheriff or officer in charge for investigative or institutional security purposes or for conducting other official business.
(l) Any vapor-generating electronic device as defined in s. 386.203, intentionally and unlawfully introduced inside the secure perimeter of any county detention facility.
(2) A person who violates paragraph (1)(a), paragraph (1)(b), paragraph (1)(c), paragraph (1)(d), paragraph (1)(e), paragraph (1)(f), paragraph (1)(g), or paragraph (1)(l) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates paragraph (1)(h), paragraph (1)(i), paragraph (1)(j), or paragraph (1)(k) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 1, ch. 63-140; s. 1182, ch. 71-136; s. 180, ch. 71-355; s. 33, ch. 74-112; s. 1, ch. 78-41; s. 78, ch. 87-226; s. 6, ch. 91-225; s. 4, ch. 94-149; s. 32, ch. 2016-145; s. 23, ch. 2016-220; s. 66, ch. 2019-167; s. 3, ch. 2020-59.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 951 - County and Municipal Prisoners
951.01 - County Prisoners May Be Put to Labor.
951.03 - County Commissioners to Provide Food, Etc.
951.032 - Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses.
951.033 - Income and Assets; Payment of Subsistence Costs.
951.04 - Furnishing of Transportation to Discharged Prisoners.
951.06 - Employment of Correctional Officers; Duties; Salary.
951.061 - Designation of Sheriff as Chief Correctional Officer; Duties.
951.062 - Contractual Arrangements for Operation and Maintenance of County Detention Facilities.
951.0623 - Application of Ch. 86-183; Agreement or Contract as of July 1, 1986.
951.063 - Privately Operated County Correctional Facilities.
951.10 - Leasing Prisoners to Work for Private Interests Prohibited.
951.11 - Turning Prisoners Over to Board of Bond Trustees, Etc.
951.12 - Working Prisoners on Public Roads and Exchange of Prisoners Between Counties.
951.13 - Transferring From One County to Another.
951.14 - Failure of Person to Discharge His or Her Duty; Penalty.
951.15 - Credit on Fines and Costs.
951.16 - Prisoners Entitled to Receive Credit on Fine Based on Imprisonment.
951.175 - Provision of Programs for Women.
951.176 - Provision of Education.
951.19 - Interference With County Prisoners.
951.21 - Gain-Time for Good Conduct for County Prisoners.
951.22 - County Detention Facilities; Contraband Articles.
951.221 - Sexual Misconduct Between Detention Facility Employees and Inmates; Penalties.
951.231 - County Residential Probation Program.
951.24 - Extend the Limits of Confinement for County Prisoners.
951.25 - Sale of Goods and Services Produced by County Prisoners.
951.26 - Public Safety Coordinating Councils.
951.27 - Blood Tests of Inmates.
951.28 - Transmitting Prisoner Information to Reduce Public Assistance Fraud.