The Okeechobee Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in unincorporated Okeechobee County, Florida, with an Okeechobee postal address. It is owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections.
Okeechobee has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close, and houses adult male offenders. The facility first opened in 1995 and has a maximum capacity of 1632 prisoners.
Notable inmates Current Donald Semenec (born 1975), One of several participants in the murder of Bobby Kent. Fred Waterfield (born 1952), The cousin and accomplice of serial killer David Alan Gore. He was later transferred to Hardee Correctional Institution.
Former Michael Woodbury, who was serving three life sentences for a 2007 New Hampshire triple murder under a interstate compact order, before he was transferred to death row for the 2017 killing of Antoneeze Haynes at the Okeechobee Correctional Institution. Pedro Bravo - Murdered University of Florida student Christian Aguilar in September 2012. Bravo died in prison in March 2025.
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