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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 ...
The East Unit became a separate institution in July 1972, renamed Florida State Prison. The original prison site became known as Union Correctional Institution. In 1983, a Corrections Officer was stabbed to death by two inmates. [6] A new Death Row was constructed in 1992, coinciding with the relocation of inmates from the State Prison next ...
The Florida Department of Corrections [1] is divided into four regions, each representing a specific geographical area of the state. Region I [ 2 ] is the panhandle area, Region II [ 3 ] is the north-east and north-central areas, Region III [ 4 ] consist of central Florida and Region IV [1] which covers the southern portion of the peninsula.
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.
Florida administers executions by electric chair or lethal injection. The three-legged electric chair was constructed from oak by Department of Corrections personnel in 1998 and was installed at Florida State Prison in Starke in 1999. The executioner is a private citizen who is paid $150 per execution.
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 ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 300 square miles (780 km 2), of which 294 square miles (760 km 2) is land and 6.5 square miles (17 km 2) (2.2%) is water. [6] It is the third-smallest county in Florida by land area and second-smallest by total area.
The Reception and Medical Center (RMC) is a state prison and hospital for men located in unincorporated Union County, Florida, [1] with a Lake Butler postal address. The facility was founded in 1968 as an intake and processing point for all male state prisoners and a secure medical facility.