Santa Rosa Work Camp Release Paths
Santa Rosa Work Camp is an FDC satellite on the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution complex. Official audit material describes the camp as reopened and holding people within that state complex. It is not a county work-release program, and the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office does not control its prisoner records. People assigned there remain in Florida state-prison custody.
Movement out of the Work Camp can lead to the main institution, Annex, another FDC prison, a completed release, or community supervision. The facility name can vanish from a current location field before state custody ends. Check incarceration history and the next FDC location. Only a completed Date Out-Custody supports a statement that prison confinement ended.
| Work Camp event | Verification route |
|---|---|
| Move to main unit or Annex | FDC location and transfer history |
| Move to another state prison | Same statewide DC-number record |
| Projected release | Current Release Date, then recheck |
| Completed prison release | FDC released branch and Date Out-Custody |
| Post-release supervision | FDC Supervised Population |
Confirm Work Camp Release
Open the FDC Inmate Release Search. Search with the six-character DC number for the cleanest result. If only a name is known, use available filters such as race, sex, release-date range, and county of commitment. Compare the photo, offenses, sentencing counties, case numbers, aliases, and dates.
- Find the correct statewide offender record, not a county booking.
- Review current location and incarceration history for movement from the Work Camp.
- Use Date Out-Custody for a completed release and treat Current Release Date as prospective.
- Search FDC Supervised Population for a term that follows prison.
- Request FDC release and transfer records when the public record is not enough.
The Santa Rosa County released-person search explains how to identify the correct custodian when a family member has only a facility name. For a confirmed Santa Rosa Work Camp placement, SRSO Jail View is the wrong database.
Work Camp Release Records
FDC's public detail can display a photograph, DC number, demographic descriptors, aliases, current status or location, initial receipt date, Current Release Date, sentence history, offenses, counties and case numbers, and supervision information. It is useful for identity and status. A requested agency record can provide the fuller basis, release type, calculation, and transfer sequence.
Florida Department of Corrections
Santa Rosa CI complex
5850 East Milton Road
Milton, FL 32583
FDC Admission and Release
850-488-9167
dc.release@fdc.myflorida.com
Use the FDC public-records channel. Give the full name, DC number, birth date if known, and a focused date range. Ask for named existing items: admission and release record, transfer history, release certificate or type, sentence structure, computation or gain-time ledger, and nonexempt photo. Request electronic delivery and a cost estimate before extensive work.
FDC public-records assistance is 850-717-9774, with custodian correspondence at 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Records can contain exempt or confidential material that must be redacted. Florida's public-records law does not impose a fixed response-day promise.
Note: The failed facility screenshot capture is not used; the Work Camp remains text-only as required by the image manifest.
Santa Rosa Work Camp Release Context
The main Santa Rosa Correctional Institution opened in 1996, and the modern complex includes its main unit, Annex, and Work Camp. A shared address and connected administration make internal movement unsurprising. That history is why a search should follow the person by DC number instead of treating each component as a separate custody universe.
Several correctional sites sit in the Milton area. SRSO operates the county detention facility. FDC operates the Santa Rosa complex. Blackwater River is privately operated under FDC authority. The county jail uses booking and MNI numbers; state facilities use a DC number. A person leaving the county jail for FDC may appear to have been “released” locally even while entering the state system.
- Work camp
- Here, an FDC state-prison placement within the Santa Rosa complex.
- Transfer
- A move between custody locations without discharge.
- Discharge
- An official ending shown by the relevant FDC custody or supervision record.
- DC number
- The identifier that follows a person across Florida state corrections.
Santa Rosa Work Camp Release Dates
FDC labels the prospective public field Current Release Date. The date reflects the sentence data and credits then applied. Florida statutes and rules allow sentence structure, jail credit, gain-time awards or forfeitures, court action, detainers, and other legal events to affect the calculation. It should be described as current, not guaranteed.
When the date is in the future, save the DC number and check again near the event. When the date is past, use the released branch and locate Date Out-Custody. If the record instead shows a new institution, custody continued. A sentencing court docket can explain a modified judgment or later order, though it may not state the exact time the person left an FDC gate.
For detailed questions, request the calculation and release certificate from FDC. Florida VINE can provide a status-change notice, but an alert is not a certified discharge document. It should be confirmed against FDC's completed record.
Santa Rosa Work Camp Release Supervision
Release from prison may begin a period of FDC community supervision. Run the Supervised Population search after confirming Date Out-Custody. The public result can show begin date, status, supervision type, current office, scheduled termination date, and case history.
An Active result indicates active community supervision. Active Suspense can mean the person is temporarily unavailable for direct contact due to jail or another facility. Absconder means supervision reports the person's whereabouts unknown and a warrant issued. Those statuses describe supervision, not a fresh Work Camp release.
FDC's Milton Community Corrections office, at 6738 Caroline Street SE in Milton, serves local adult state supervision and can be reached at 850-983-5300. Individual reporting terms come from the assigned officer. County misdemeanor probation is separate, and confidential juvenile probation does not belong in the adult FDC workflow.
Note: A completed prison release and the end of supervision can occur on different dates and in separate FDC search branches.
ICE After Work Camp Release
An ICE detainer or another hold can shape the next custody step after FDC. Date Out-Custody establishes the state-prison event, not the absence of all other custody. Check immigration status only when facts support that route, and do not treat a missing result as proof of freedom.
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System uses a nine-digit A-number and country of birth, or exact name and country of birth with optional birth date. It can include current or recent immigration detention, but may lag or omit a record. It excludes minors. Request FDC transfer history when the destination is not clear.
ICE's Tallahassee check-in site covers Santa Rosa County but is not a detention facility. Reporting there after custody and detention there are different facts. A precise conclusion should name the source and event: Work Camp reassignment, FDC discharge, FDC supervision, or a confirmed transfer to another authority.
Work Camp Release Search Fallbacks
If the released branch returns no match, search by DC number in the current inmate-population branch and review incarceration history. Work Camp placement may have ended because of reassignment to the main institution, Annex, or another prison. Try documented aliases and the county of commitment rather than broadening into SRSO Jail View, which does not hold the state record.
A court docket can explain a corrected sentence or commitment order, but FDC establishes the custody exit. Florida VINE may supply a status-change notice. When those sources leave a gap, request the specific transfer history, release certificate, and computation record from FDC. The request should identify the person, DC number, approximate dates, and desired items so the custodian does not have to interpret an open-ended question.
State the final finding at the level the evidence permits. A new institution is continued custody. A future date is projected. Date Out-Custody is a completed FDC exit. A supervised result means state community control may continue after the Work Camp release.
Work Camp Release Record Matching
A DC number should anchor each Work Camp inquiry. Match the photograph, aliases, offenses, sentencing county, case number, and receipt date before relying on a name result. If the public detail and court docket show different dates, request the current FDC computation and release certificate. That method resolves identity and timing without confusing a camp assignment end with discharge from state custody.