The Glades Correctional Institution was a Florida Department of Corrections state prison for men in unincorporated Palm Beach County, Florida, near Belle Glade.[1]

The prison opened in 1932 as the Florida Farm #2. In 1951 the state renamed the prison to the Glades State Prison Farm. In 1962 it received its current name.[1]

Glades was closed by the state in 2011.[2] In 2014 the state sold the vacant facility and surrounding property to a private local group which included the former mayor of the town.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Glades Correctional Institution Archived September 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine", Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Department of Corrections to Close Glades CI". Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Stapleton, Christine (17 June 2015). "$1.2M Glades prison sale to investors approved. Now what?". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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