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.
Franklin has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close. Franklin first opened in 2005 and has a maximum capacity of 1,346 prisoners.
History Construction first began in 2004, and was estimated to cost $53 million ().
In 2013, six prisoners were charged with forging release documents for convicted murderers Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, who escaped on September 27th and October 8th. The pair were recaptured in Panama City weeks later.
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2016 accused prison guards of beating a prisoner and then fatally gassing him with of chemical agents.
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.
A fourth disturbance occurred in November 2016.
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