The Citrus County Detention Facility is a privately operated jail located in Lecanto,

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, run by the

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to house inmates for multiple jurisdictions: the county, the United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice, and the

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. The facility houses a maximum of 760 prisoners, both male and female, at mixed security levels.

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