The Transportation Unit transported 65,367 inmates during 2010, from state-wide inmate transports to local medical transports.   The Detention Counselors and their duties include the inmate mail service, mobile library cart, provision of games and resource information, and processing of various inmate requests. 

 

The Transportation Unit is allocated one supervisor and sixteen Detention Deputies positions.
The Transportation Unit’s primary function is to provide the safe transportation of inmates housed at the Polk County Detention facilities to court hearings, medical appointments, state prisons, and all court ordered movement from all counties within the state of Florida. Many of the inmates transported from other counties in Florida require that the transportation detention deputies seek over night accommodations.
There are approximately twenty-one vehicles assigned to this unit. This includes five cars, thirteen vans and four buses. The Transportation Unit is  specially equipped with a mini bus for the transport of inmates with special needs whose mobility is restricted as well as general population inmates.
In 2009, members of the Transportation Unit transported more than 63,705 inmates and traveled over 490,607 miles within the State of Florida.