Editing Sharpes, Florida (section)

==Economy==
The [[Florida Power and Light (FPL)]] "Cape Canaveral" plant is located here.<!---and NOT in Cape Canaveral---> In 2010, FPL razed its two 45-year-old landmark towers, each {{convert|397|ft}}, each weighing {{convert|7200|ST}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100821/NEWS01/8210320/FPL-stacks-bite-dust-in-Sunday-demolition|title=FPL stacks bite dust in Sunday demolition}}{{dead link|date=October 2023}}</ref> The destruction of the 1960s-era plant paved the way for [https://www.fpl.com/clean-energy/natural-gas/cape-canaveral.html U.S.-produced natural gas-fired plants]. In 2011, construction was started on $1.1 billion gas-fired plants. Up to 600 workers were employed for the construction.<ref>{{Cite news | first=John | last=McCarthy | title=FPL plant growing | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110406/BUSINESS/104060337/FPL-plant-growing | newspaper=[[Florida Today]] | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages=6C | date=April 6, 2011 | access-date=April 6, 2011 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040046/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110406/BUSINESS/104060337/FPL-plant-growing | url-status=live }}</ref><!--the paper deliberately misidentifies the location as being the larger, more recognizable CDP of "St. John"--->

The Brevard County Jail Complex is located in Sharpes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/aids/prevention/Corrections/Detention_Facility_List_April2007.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321233644/http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/aids/prevention/Corrections/Detention_Facility_List_April2007.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-21 }}</ref> It is owned and maintained by the Board of County Commissioners and operated by the [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]] Sheriff's Office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brevardsheriffsoffice.org/images/releases/2011/1st_qtr/PIR-2011female%20culinary.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-24 |archive-date=2021-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217204922/http://www.brevardsheriffsoffice.org/images/releases/2011/1st_qtr/PIR-2011female%20culinary.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The jail is accredited through the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission. The main jail opened in 1986 with beds for 386 inmates. Currently the Jail Complex routinely houses over 1,800 inmates daily with 1,321 permanent inmate beds. There has been a jail as long as there has been a sheriff and a county court. The jail was formerly located in Titusville, Florida, in the Courthouse complex. In 2013, the jail re-introduced [[chain gang]]s as a deterrent on crime in a pilot project. Ex-convict [[Larry Lawton]] was critical of this, saying a better use of law enforcement resources would be to combat [[Addiction|drug addiction]] because he says it is a "contributing factor" to criminal activity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ford |first=Andrew |date=May 2, 2013 |title=Backing the Chain Gang |pages=A1, 3A |work=[[Florida Today]] |location=[[Cocoa, Florida]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71175465/chain-gang-larry-lawton/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217063509/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71175465/chain-gang-larry-lawton/ |archive-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Andrew|title=Florida sheriff reintroduces chain gang|language=en-US|website=USA TODAY|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/02/brevard-county-sheriff-chain-gang/2130335/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110033232/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/02/brevard-county-sheriff-chain-gang/2130335/}}</ref>

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The Brevard Correctional Institution is located west of the county jail. Despite its name, it is operated by the state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/region3/310.html |title=Brevard Correctional Institution -- Fl Dept. Of Corrections |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605052608/http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/region3/310.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was built in 1977. It houses up to 1,000 inmates. It employs 238 people. In 2010, it cost $30.8 million to operate. In 2011, it needed $6.2 million to repair. The state decided to close it in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite news | first=John A. | last=Torres | title=238 local prison jobs to go | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110316/NEWS01/103160339/0/BREAKINGNEWS/238-Brevard-prison-jobs-way-out | newspaper=[[Florida Today]] | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1A | date=16 March 2011 }}</ref>