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Raiford State Prison baseball team, 1939. Florida's largest and oldest correctional institution was established in 1913 to house infirm inmates who could not be leased to private businesses. [3] The initial population of the prison was close to 600 inmates, both male and female. [4]
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.
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 Institution). The facility, a part of the Florida Department of Corrections, is located on State Road 16 right across the border from Union County. The institution opened in 1961, even ...
Designed as a place for those who were formerly incarcerated, a cozy east side duplex provides stability to those with no place to go.
The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in the United States. As of July 2022, FDC had an inmate population of approximately 84,700 and over 200,000 offenders in community supervision programs. [3] It is the largest agency administered by the State of Florida with a budget of $3.3 billion. [4]
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 facility was founded in 1968 as an intake and processing point for all male state prisoners and a secure medical facility. [2] As of 2016, the facility can house a maximum of 1,503 prisoners with a range of security levels. The nearby Reception and Medical Center, West Unit houses another 1,148 and Reception and Medical Center, Work Camp ...