Union Correctional Institution
| Location | 25636 Northeast State Road 16 Raiford, Florida address, 32083-2632 |
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| Status | Open |
| Security class | Mixed |
| Capacity | 2172 |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Managed by | Florida Department of Corrections |
| Website | dc.state.fl.us/ci/213.html |
The Union Correctional Institution, formerly referred to as Florida State Prison, and also commonly known as Raiford Prison is a Florida Department of Corrections state prison located in unincorporated Union County, Florida, near Raiford.
Since it first opened in 1913, the prison has been expanded and restructured many times. The State Prison Farm was one of the last prisons in the United States to abolish the practice of convict leasing in 1923. In 1955 the first buildings of the East Unit were established, across the Bradford County line to the south. In July 1972, the East Unit became the new Florida State Prison, and the old prison was redesignated as the Union Correctional Institution.
As of 2016, Union remains one of the largest prisons in the Florida system. It houses a maximum capacity of 2,172 adult male prisoners at a range of security levels (Maximum, Close, Medium, Minimum, and Community).