1282 East State Road, 78 NW
Moore Haven, FL 33471

Facility Public Information Officer: Stankeisha Bruchell, Stankeisha.Bruchell@cca.com

Facility Type: Male, Medium Security, Managed since 2010

Warden: Laura E. Bedard

Laura E. Bedard was named warden of the 985-bed Moore Haven Correctional Facility in June 2010. She has nearly 30 years of experience in corrections, beginning her career in 1982. Bedard taught in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University from 1989 to 2005, specializing in women and crime, mental health and offender treatment. She earned a Ph.D. in social work from Florida State University in 1998 and served as the state’s first female deputy secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections in 2005. In 2008, Bedard joined CCA as assistant warden of programs at Gadsden Correctional Facility in Quincy, Fla., where she was responsible for education, medical and mental health, food service, chaplaincy services, drug treatment and recreational programming. Bedard has contributed to many publications and books, and has won a range of distinctions from the American Criminal Justice Association and the Florida Department of Corrections, among others.

Total beds: 985

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