Franklin Correctional Institution
{{Short description|Correctional Institution located in Franklin, Florida}}
{{Infobox Prison
| prison_name = Franklin Correctional Institution
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| location = 1760 Co Hwy 67
Carrabelle, Florida
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| status = mixed
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| capacity = 1039
| opened = 2005
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| managed_by = Florida Department of Corrections
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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.{{cite web|title=Franklin Correctional Institution|url=http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/region1/113.html|website=Florida Department of Corrections|accessdate=5 August 2016}}
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 1039 prisoners.{{cite web |title=Florida Department of Corrections |url=https://www.fdc.myflorida.com/institutions/institutions-list/113 |website=www.fdc.myflorida.com |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}
History
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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.{{cite web|author=Brown, Julie K.|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article102773597.html|title=As Florida inmate begged for help, guards gassed him to death, suit says|publisher=Miami Herald|date=2016-09-19|accessdate=2016-09-22}}
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.{{cite news|last1=Klas|first1=Mary Ellen|last2=Brown|first2=Julie K.|title=Inmates bust through brick wall in late-night riot|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article83035637.html|accessdate=5 August 2016|publisher=Miami Herald|date=10 June 2016}} This was the third such disturbance within six months.
A fourth disturbance occurred in November 2016.{{cite web|author=Klas, Mary Ellen|url=http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2016/11/fourth-prison-riot-this-year-breaks-out-at-troubled-franklin-correctional-institution-in-north-flori.html|title=Fourth prison riot this year breaks out at troubled Franklin Correctional Institution in North Florida |publisher=Miami Herald|date=2016-11-29|accessdate=2017-02-18}}
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{{State prisons in Florida}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Florida
Category:2005 establishments in Florida