Website Accessibility Statement

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors.

Section 504 states that "no qualified individual with a disability in the United States shall be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under" any program or activity that either receives Federal financial assistance or is conducted by any Executive agency.

Section 508 now establishes requirements for electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the Federal government. Section 508 requires Federal electronic and information technology to be accessible to people with disabilities, including employees and members of the public.

In December 2000 the Federal Access Board issued final standards for electronic and information technology under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. These were adopted and published in the Federal Registrar in April 2001 with enforcement to begin June 21, 2001.

While these standards currently apply to federal government, it is the direct responsibility of Florida state government agencies and their web designers and developers to become familiar with these accessibility guidelines and to apply these principles in designing and creating any official State of Florida website.

All Florida State Government web sites must comply with Section 508 to ensure the widest possible audience easy access to government information. These standards are based on access guidelines developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

The Florida Department of Corrections is committed to making the information on our website accessible to all website visitors. Recent enhancements include:

  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used for page layouts and text formatting.
  • Text size can be adjusted to meet the needs of each visitor.
  • A link to skip repeated navigation is provided on every page to make it easier for people with screen readers to jump to the content on each page.
  • Print Style Sheets have also been used to style web page printing in those browsers providing this capability.

Downloadable Files

As a general rule, downloadable versions of reports and publications are provided as Adobe Acrobat PDF Files and/or Microsoft Word Documents. These are provided as print alternatives to the HTML version. The HTML version includes the accessibility options listed above.

The following viewers are available:

Microsoft Viewers for Word Documents (.DOC), Excel Spreadsheets (.XLS), and PowerPoint (.PPT) are FREE. Please visit the Office Online File Converters and Viewers site for additional information.

Acrobat Viewers for Portable Document Format (.PDF) files are FREE. Please visit the Adobe Reader Download site for additional information.

For Assistance

The Florida Department of Corrections welcomes your comments and suggestions for improving the accessibility of information on our website. If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our website interferes with your ability to access the information, we encourage you to notify us at webmaster @ fdc.myflorida.com.

You may also contact our Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Section by calling (850) 717-3932 or by sending email to ADATeam@ fdc.myflorida.com.