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Gulf Forestry Camp Release Paths

Gulf Forestry Camp belongs to the Florida state corrections context, not the Gulf County Detention Facility. A person named in an older camp record may have moved to Gulf Correctional Institution, another FDC institution, supervision in the community, or full release from state custody. The camp name alone cannot distinguish those outcomes. FDC's centralized record follows the person by DC number even when the location changes or a component stops operating.

A permanent state-prison release appears through the FDC Inmate Release Information Search. A transfer remains in the current Population record with a changed facility or location. If supervision follows prison, the separate Supervised Population detail can show the supervision type, status, assigned office, start date, and scheduled termination date. Release from a building and discharge from all legal supervision are therefore different events.

Federal, immigration, and county custody are separate. If an FDC movement record identifies another custodian, follow that receiving agency. Do not call a transfer a return to the community.

Confirm a Gulf Forestry Camp Release

The FDC Corrections Offender Network separates current population, release, supervision, and absconder data. That separation prevents one missing name from being treated as proof of release. A six-character DC number is the best identity key. It may be all numbers or one letter followed by five digits.

1. Locate the DC number in the older Gulf Forestry Camp record, court file, or other identified FDC document.
2. Search the Inmate Population Information Search to see whether FDC currently reports incarceration and a present facility.
3. Run the same DC number in Inmate Release Information. Copy the exact Release Date and identity fields from the verified detail.
4. Check Supervised Population with the same number to determine whether probation, parole, conditional release, community control, or another state supervision status continues.
5. If the public results conflict or omit the old camp movement, request the admission, movement, and release record through FDC Central Records.

Name searches accept first and last name and can use aliases, but similar names require careful comparison. FDC notes that its release search covers state felony custody or state supervision and excludes people sentenced only to county jail or county probation. A Gulf County jail episode must be checked through the jail and clerk instead. The broader Gulf County release search and records path distinguishes those local and state systems.

Note: FDC warns that public location, status, and release information can change quickly, so preserve the access date with each result.

Gulf Forestry Camp Record Contacts

Gulf Forestry Camp does not have a current stand-alone public records contact in the research. Centralized FDC offices handle the durable record. The Bureau of Admission and Release addresses state release questions, while Classification and Central Records handles public search questions, corrections, and the underlying central file. Gulf Correctional Institution can help route a question about the complex, but the statewide record remains the source for a former camp resident's movement or release history.

A focused request should supply the committed name, DC number, approximate dates, and the old Gulf Forestry Camp reference. Ask for the existing admission, movement, release, or sentence-calculation record that contains the needed facts. FDC is not required to create a new analysis. It may estimate cost and may redact exempt information under Chapter 119 and the corrections confidentiality law.

Gulf Forestry Camp Operating Status

FDC audit and directory sources identify Gulf Forestry Camp at 3222 DOC Whitfield Road in White City and associate it with Gulf Correctional Institution. A 2021 FDC PREA audit reported both the Forestry Camp and Gulf Correctional Institution Annex closed at the time of that audit. That statement is historical evidence, not a permanent claim about current operation. Current status must be confirmed with FDC before describing the camp as active or closed today.

An older confinement, sentence, or movement document may continue to name the camp long after the person's location changed. FDC's present Current Facility field is the better source for current state custody. A central movement record supplies the chronology when a public detail skips an intermediate location. No current camp population, release counter, operating hours, or direct telephone was established in the research, so none should be inferred from the street address.

Historical component

A facility name that appears in older FDC material but may not represent a present operating location.

Movement record

The FDC chronology showing transfers or location changes within state custody.

Release detail

The separate FDC record that uses a retrospective Release Date after state prison custody ends.

Supervision

Legal oversight outside prison, distinct from continued incarceration or full discharge.

Gulf Facility Names Need Dates

Gulf County's corrections landscape makes facility-name verification unusually important. Historical FDC material names Gulf Forestry Camp and Gulf Correctional Institution Annex separately, while current directory treatment centers on Gulf Correctional Institution. The county detention page also discusses renovations at the separate county jail, but those local changes say nothing about the camp's operation or the state release database.

Pair every facility name with a record date and a DC number. The FDC PREA audit material can establish what was reported for the audit period. It cannot by itself prove the camp's status now. A present FDC Population detail can establish the location FDC currently reports for the person. A movement record can connect the old camp label to a later institution. This dated approach keeps a historical reference from being turned into a false current-custody claim.

The source history also explains why a county jail roster is the wrong lookup. Gulf Forestry Camp, Gulf CI, and the Annex belong to FDC. The Gulf County Detention Facility belongs to local custody in Port St. Joe. Similar geography does not merge the record systems.

Note: Verify both the document date and the person's current FDC location before using an old Gulf Forestry Camp reference.

Gulf Forestry Camp Release Dates

For a current state prisoner, FDC labels the prospective public field Current Release Date. Florida Statutes § 944.275 calls the calculated date after gain time is granted or forfeited the tentative release date. It can change after a gain-time award, forfeiture, corrected jail credit, court action, another commitment, or other lawful sentence input. It is not a promise that the person will leave from Gulf Forestry Camp or on the date first seen.

After state release, the Inmate Release Information detail switches to Release Date. It may also show Date In-Custody and Date Out-Custody intervals. That retrospective field is the proper public starting point for an actual state release. The public example does not supply a release reason, so expiration, conditional release, parole, or another mechanism should be confirmed through FDC, the court, or the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

A release date belongs to the person and state sentence record, not to a historical camp web page. Use the DC number across all FDC searches so the date, facility, and supervision status stay attached to one verified identity.

Request Gulf Forestry Camp Records

Florida's Constitution and Chapter 119 support access to public records subject to specific exemptions. FDC offers an online Public Records Center and a central custodian route for material not exposed in the offender search. A request for a former camp resident should seek existing records, not ask the agency to reconstruct a biography or issue a new legal conclusion.

Identify the person by committed name and DC number. Give a narrow date range. Name Gulf Forestry Camp as the historical location shown in the source document, then ask for the admission record, movement history, release record, or sentence and release calculation needed. If the public detail appears wrong, preserve its URL and access date and identify the exact disputed field. A supporting court order can help FDC evaluate a factual correction.

FDC may charge authorized costs, redact exempt information, and decline to create a record that does not exist. Ask for an estimate before processing if cost matters. A central movement record is often the best way to distinguish release from transfer, while a Release Information detail is the public route for a completed state-prison departure. Neither should be replaced with a county jail record for this FDC component.