Location | 1760 Co Hwy 67 Carrabelle, Florida |
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Status | mixed |
Capacity | 1346 |
Opened | 2005 |
Managed by | Florida Department of Corrections |
The Franklin Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Carrabelle, Franklin County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections.[1]
Franklin has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close, and houses adult male offenders. Franklin first opened in 2005 and has a maximum capacity of 1346 prisoners.
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2016 accused prison guards of beating a prisoner and then fatally gassing him with 600 grams of chemical agents.[2]
The facility was the scene of riots in June 2016. Some three hundred inmates destroyed two housing dorms after drilling through a concrete and brick wall using improvised tools. The prisoners reportedly surrendered after about two hours, and no injuries were reported.[3] This was the third such disturbance within six months.
A fourth disturbance occurred in November 2016.[4]
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