Florida State Prison (FSP), also known as Starke Prison (because of its proximity to Starke, Florida), formerly known as the Union Correctional Institution – East Unit, or the Raiford State Penitentiary is a correctional facility located in Starke, Bradford County, FL. It is located on State Road 16 right across the border from Union County. The institution opened in 1961, even though construction was not completed until 1968. Today, the prison s...
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Florida State Prison (FSP), also known as Starke Prison (because of its proximity to Starke, Florida), formerly known as the Union Correctional Institution – East Unit, or the Raiford State Penitentiary is a correctional facility located in Starke, Bradford County, FL. It is located on State Road 16 right across the border from Union County. The institution opened in 1961, even though construction was not completed until 1968. Today, the prison serves as a maximum security facility, housing Florida's most dangerous inmates. Currently housing over 1,400 inmates, FSP is one of the largest prisons in the state. FSP houses one of the state's three death row cell blocks and the state's execution chamber with Old Sparky are located at the penitentiary. Union Correctional Institution and Lowell Annex also house male and female death row inmates, respectively. However, FSP only houses male inmates unless a female inmate is set to be executed in the next few weeks. Lethal injection became the...
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