Charlie Adelson, who was convicted last year in the murder of Dan Markel and sentenced to life behind bars, has been moved to a state prison in Wakulla County.
After sentencing in December, Adelson was moved from the Leon County Detention Center to the Northwest Florida Reception Center in Chipley, which processes new state inmates.
Last week, he was moved to the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex outside Crawfordville, according to the Florida Department of Corrections website. At that location, he will be in close proximity to his appeals lawyer, Michael Ufferman of Tallahassee.
Ufferman said he did not know why FDC assigned Adelson to the Wakulla Annex. He said that while convicts can request a prison close to home and judges can make recommendations about that, he was unware of any such request by his client.
“It’s my understanding he’s been placed there because that is where they decided was the best fit for him,” Ufferman said.
Ufferman said he didn’t know whether Adelson was under any special security protocol at the prison. He said the prison will be his “permanent camp” for now but that FDC could opt to move him at some point.