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Moore Haven Correctional Facility Overview

Moore Haven Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility is a 985-bed adult male, medium-custody secure correctional and rehabilitation facility. It is run by The GEO Group under a Florida state contract. GEO names its client as the Florida Department of Management Services (FL DMS), while the Florida Department of Corrections facility directory lists Moore Haven Correctional Facility as a male contract facility. In plain terms, it is a state contract prison inside the Florida corrections system, operated for the state by GEO. Everyone housed here is a sentenced adult man who has been committed to state custody. It is not a place where someone is held in the hours right after an arrest.

The prison sits at 1282 East State Road 78, Moore Haven, FL 33471, and its phone line is (863) 946-2420. One detail trips up a lot of callers. This is NOT the county jail. It sits right next to the Glades County Detention Center at 1297 East State Road 78, and the two addresses look almost the same. A family member can easily dial or drive to the wrong building. Use the right name and the right number for the place you actually need. Because the state directory and GEO use slightly different names, the site is found under both Moore Haven Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility and Moore Haven Correctional Facility.

Moore Haven Correctional Facility Capacity

The facility has a rated capacity of 985 beds. That figure comes from the GEO facility page, inspected in June 2026, and matches the design of a 985-bed medium-custody secure prison. A current head count is a different thing. The official sources reviewed for Glades County do not publish a live daily population for this prison, so no current-population number is shown here. Florida corrections data for sentenced inmates is reported through the state, not through the county jail's monthly average, which counts only local jail detainees.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Moore Haven Correctional Facility

Because Moore Haven is a state prison, you do not use the county jail roster to find someone here. The right tool is the Florida Department of Corrections Offender Search. That database covers felony offenders sentenced to FDC prison or to state supervision. It excludes people held in county jail and those on county probation. The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) updates the system often, but it warns that information can change fast and may not reflect a person's true current location, status, or release date. So treat any result as a strong lead, then confirm.

The search form keeps the field set short. You can search by Last Name, First Name, or DC Number. The DC Number is the department's six-character ID, and it is either all numeric or one letter followed by five numbers. Name search is prefix-based, so typing "Will" pulls back Williams, Willis, Williamson, and similar names. That helps when you are unsure of the spelling. A checkbox lets you search aliases, two more checkboxes control whether photos appear on the list, and a dropdown caps results per page between 10 and 50.

The screenshot below shows the public FDC offender search form for sentenced state inmates.

The captured FDC offender search page lays out the name and DC Number fields that locate a Moore Haven prisoner.

Once the form loads, a few clear steps return a record for a Moore Haven inmate.

1. Open the FDC Offender Search page and choose the inmate search option.
2. Enter the person's last name and first name, or type the six-character DC Number if you have it.
3. Check the box to search aliases if the person may use another name, then run the search.
4. Open the matching profile and confirm the assigned facility reads as Moore Haven, along with custody status, admission date, and offense and sentence details.

One timing point matters. A person shows up in FDC only after a court sentences them to the Department of Corrections. Before that, a Glades County arrestee is held at the county jail and listed on the sheriff's SmartWEB jail roster, not in the state system. During the move from jail to prison, the county roster, the court case, and the FDC locator can all update at different speeds.

Moore Haven Correctional Facility Address and Contact

To reach the prison directly, use the address and phone line below. Staff there can confirm whether a specific person is housed at the facility and point you to the current visiting and deposit rules. For questions about a sentence or record itself, the FDC Bureau of Classification and Central Records takes calls at (850) 488-9859.

Visiting Someone at Moore Haven Correctional Facility

Prison visits work differently from a quick county jail visit. A state prison requires that visitors be approved in advance and that visits be scheduled under Department of Corrections rules. In most cases a person must be placed on an approved visitor list before any visit can happen, and a valid government-issued photo ID is required at the gate. FDC rules also set the dress code and the conduct expected inside the visiting area. The official sources captured for this facility do not publish a specific Moore Haven visiting-hours table, so the schedule below is described in general terms rather than with invented days and times.

For the exact visiting schedule, the approved-visitor application, and any current restrictions, check with the Florida Department of Corrections and call the facility at (863) 946-2420 before you make the drive. A person held pre-trial at the county detention center follows county visiting rules instead, since those two custody stages are governed by different systems.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Moore Haven Correctional Facility

Mail, phone access, and money deposits for a Moore Haven prisoner all run under Florida Department of Corrections rules and the state's contracted vendors. The specific mail and deposit vendor details for this facility were not captured in the official sources reviewed, so no vendor name is listed here. Rather than guess, use FDC's statewide inmate mail and money-deposit guidance, then call (863) 946-2420 to confirm the current mailing format and any book-in or ID number a deposit must include.

Always include the inmate's DC Number when you write or send funds, since that six-character ID is how the department tracks each person.

Reception and Classification at Moore Haven Correctional Facility

People do not get booked into Moore Haven straight off the street. Entry into a state prison begins only after a court sentences someone to the Department of Corrections. From there the state processes the person through reception and classification, which reviews custody level, health, and program needs before assigning a housing unit and, in some cases, a specific prison such as Moore Haven. The word for that prison intake is reception, not the street-arrest booking that happens at a county jail.

The earlier stages belong to the county side, not to this prison. Bond, first appearance, and the initial arrest booking all take place at the county jail and the local court, before any state sentence exists. A person held before trial at the Glades County jail may later transfer here after a state-prison sentence. Once that transfer is complete, the lookup shifts from the county roster to the FDC offender search described above.

About Moore Haven Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility

The prison offers a full range of correctional services, including dental, medical, and psychological care, plus education and vocational training. GEO lists academic and vocational education, substance-abuse education, general counseling, life skills, transition planning, and a prison industry program among its work and educational offerings. The facility earned American Correctional Association accreditation in 2023 with a score of 100%. It opened in July 1995, was run by GEO through June 2010, and GEO resumed operations on February 1, 2014 after a later contract award. The GEO page tied to the facility carries a January 16, 2026 graduation news item under a reentry-focused "Next Steps" theme, marking high school equivalency and career and technical credentials earned by participants.

The screenshot below comes from the operator's own page for the prison, which lists its address, capacity, and program detail.

GEO's Moore Haven facility page shows the 985-bed capacity, the state contract, and the programs offered at the prison.

That operator page is the source for the capacity, accreditation, and program facts described above. For day-to-day custody questions, the state system and the facility front desk are the better contacts. The Glades County inmate population overview explains how the county jail, this state prison, and the federal systems fit together for the area.