TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Donna Adelson is already on her way to state prison following her sentencing Monday.

Circuit Judge Stephen Everett sentenced Adelson to life in prison just before 6 p.m. Monday and court records show Adelson was released to the Florida Department of Corrections at 5:48 a.m. Tuesday.

Adelson does not yet show up in the DOC’s online inmate search.

Female inmates typically go to a reception center first for processing before being transferred to another permanent facility.

“We would ask that you make a recommendation to the Florida Department of Corrections so that she can be placed as close to Miami as possible where her husband resides, so that she can have visitation,” defense attorney Jackie Fulford asked the judge Monday.

Prosecutor Georgia Cappleman als

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