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Homestead Correctional Institution
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Homestead Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Rated capacity: 668. Reported population: 707. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
668
Current population
707
Occupancy
106%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
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.
Notable inmates
Christine "Dead from" Falling1963 · serial killerChristine Laverne Falling (née Slaughter; born March 12, 1963) is an American serial killer, dubbed âKiller Babysitterâwho killed the people in her care she babysat for.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 106% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData 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
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q12632366)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Homestead Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/homestead-correctional-institution
"Homestead Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/homestead-correctional-institution.
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