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The Union Correctional Institution, formerly referred to as Florida State Prison, and also commonly known as Raiford Prison is a Florida Department of Corrections state prison located in unincorporated Union County, Florida, [1] near Raiford. [2] Since it first opened in 1913, the prison has been expanded and restructured many times.
Florida State Prison (FSP), otherwise known as Raiford Prison, is a correctional institution located in unincorporated Bradford County, Florida, [1] with a Raiford postal address. [2] It was formerly known as the "Florida State Prison-East Unit" as it was originally part of Florida State Prison near Raiford (now known as Union Correctional ...
Garcia later pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree murder, received a 25-year sentence, and was released from prison on September 5, 2002. [6] [7] Pardo was executed in Florida on December 11, 2012, by lethal injection, [3] and was pronounced dead at 7:47 p.m. [2] Manuel Pardo Jr. spent a total of 26 years on death row before his ...
The first Florida State Prison was established in the Raiford area. The are around the town is the site of three prisons. Union Correctional Institution holds the state death row for men. The Town of Raiford has a Masonic lodge, Raiford Lodge #82, under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Florida. The non-prisoner population was 224 at the ...
Bowles was executed by lethal injection on August 22, 2019, at Florida State Prison in Raiford. [13] [14] Bowles ate three cheeseburgers, french fries, and bacon as a last meal. [15] He was the last person executed in Florida until the execution of Donald Dillbeck on February 23, 2023. [16]
Raiford State Prison: Lots of barbed wire and an eerie silence The day after I got to Raiford — the day before Owen was to be executed — I drove to the state prison to get a sense of the place.
John Arthur Spenkelink (March 29, 1949 – May 25, 1979) was an American convicted murderer. He was executed in 1979, the first convicted criminal to be executed in Florida after capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, and the second (after Gary Gilmore) in the United States.
In 1999, the state of Florida heard a petition from Thomas Harrison Provenzano, another death row inmate, arguing that the electric chair was a "cruel and unusual punishment", with Davis' execution cited as an example of an inhumane death. [10] As of 2024, Davis was the last Florida