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Lowell Correctional Institution is a women's prison in unincorporated Marion County, Florida, [1] [2] north of Ocala, in the unincorporated area of Lowell. A part of the Florida Department of Corrections, it serves as the primary prison for women in the state. Almost 3,000 women are incarcerated in the complex, which includes the Lowell Annex. [3]
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 State Prison is the only facility in the state officially titled a "Prison". [citation needed]
The Florida Women's Reception Center (FWRC) is a state prison for women located in Ocala, Marion County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. [1] This facility has multiple missions for Florida state female inmates: "reception, in-patient mental health, faith, and character based (programs) and general population."
Florida Women's Reception Center; L. Lowell Correctional Institution; T. Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee; U. Union Correctional Institution
Inmates say life behind bars is deplorable. Molding food, improper portions and sauna-like temperatures in the cells make living unbearable, they say.
Florida State Prison houses the state's execution chamber. Unlike other prisoners, condemned prisoners wear orange over shirts. Condemned prisoners wear the same blue trousers worn by other prisoners. [13] When Lowell Correctional Institution opened in 1956 as the Florida Correctional Institution, it housed the female death row. [14]
Youth Services International confronted a potentially expensive situation. It was early 2004, only three months into the private prison company’s $9.5 million contract to run Thompson Academy, a juvenile prison in Florida, and already the facility had become a scene of documented violence and neglect.
The Gadsden Correctional Facility is a private state prison for women located in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC) under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections. [1] This facility was opened in 1995 and has a maximum capacity of 1544 prisoners. As of 2017, the prison houses 1,530 ...