United States · Florida · Chipley
Northwest Florida Reception Center
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Northwest Florida Reception Center is a state prison located in Washington County, Florida. Rated capacity: 1,303. Reported population: 1,015. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Northwest Florida Reception Center is a state prison for men located in Chipley, Washington County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. The facility was originally known as the "Washington Correctional Institution." NWFRC opened in 1994 with a mix of security levels and a capacity of 1303. The adjacent Northwest Florida Reception Center Annex opened in 2008, and houses another 1415 inmates at the same security levels. NWFRC was described in press reports as "one of the stateâs most notoriously violent prisons" as six correctional officers were arrested and charged with felony abuse against prisoners in September 2014.
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Capacity
1,303
Current population
1,015
Occupancy
78%
Year opened
1994
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1994
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
- 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 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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Florida — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446487)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Northwest Florida Reception Center. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/northwest-florida-reception-center
"Northwest Florida Reception Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/northwest-florida-reception-center.
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