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Gulf Correctional Institution
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Gulf Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Gulf County, Florida. Rated capacity: 1,568. Reported population: 1,346. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Gulf Correctional Institution (GULCI) is a state prison for men located in Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. With a mix of security levels including minimum, medium, and close, this facility was opened in 1992 and has a maximum capacity of 1,411 prisoners. The Gulf Annex opened in May 1999, and holds another 720 inmates at the same security level. It was rendered temporarily uninhabitable by Hurricane Michael in October 2018. It reopened at the end of 2024.
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Capacity
1,568
Current population
1,346
Occupancy
86%
Year opened
1992
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1992
Region
Florida
Security level
Close
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 86% · peers avg: 93% (7%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1568 · peers avg: 547 (+187%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Florida — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446327)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Gulf Correctional Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gulf-correctional-institution
Chicago
"Gulf Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gulf-correctional-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-gulf-correctional-instituti,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Gulf Correctional Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gulf-correctional-institution},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}