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  2. Florida prisons are too hot. Just ask the guards. | Editorial

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    We are aware that few Floridians spend time worrying about furnacelike conditions inside the state’s 143 prison facilities, where many of the housing units need replacing and fewer than 1 in 4 ...

  3. Prison reform advocates sue in federal court for air ... - AOL

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    The lawsuit says the lack of air conditioning in prisons amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment." Prison reform advocates sue in federal court for air ...

  4. Florida's crumbling prisons need work — but air-conditioning ...

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    Florida's prison system, the nation’s third largest, demands between $6.3 billion and $11.9 billion from taxpayers over the next two decades. Florida's crumbling prisons need work — but air ...

  5. Florida Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The prison now known as Florida State Prison opened in 1961 as the East Annex; at the time of opening it began to house the execution chamber. [15] At some point the Broward Correctional Institution housed female death row inmates. [16] Lowell Annex opened in April 2002. [17] The female death row was moved to Lowell Annex in February 2003. [18]

  6. List of Florida state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The State of Florida operates almost all of its major institutions and most of its lesser facilities. Privately operated prisons in Florida are called "Correctional Facilities" (for example, Lake City Correctional Facility) while state operated facilities are called "Correctional Institutions" (i.e. Union Correctional Institution). Florida ...

  7. Columbia Correctional Institution (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Florida Department of Corrections The Columbia Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Lake City , Columbia County, Florida . The facility first opened in 1992, has a mix of security levels including community, minimum, medium, and close, and has a capacity of 1427 inmates.

  8. Florida lawmakers didn’t fix prisons. They may wish they had ...

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  9. Santa Rosa Correctional Institution - Wikipedia

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    It is often considered one of the "toughest" and "most dangerous" prisons in the state of Florida. The adjacent Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Annex opened in 2006, and houses another 1,478 inmates at the same security levels. [2] Also nearby is the privately operated Blackwater River Correctional Facility with Florida state inmates.