Editing Florence, Arizona (section)

== Prisons ==

In 1909, the Yuma Territorial Prison (memorialized in the movie '[[3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]') was closed and the inmates relocated to the new Florence Territorial Prison.

As of 2016 Florence is home to multiple state, federal, county and private prisons:
* [[Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence]], run by the [[Arizona Department of Corrections]], housing Arizona state prisoners, the former Arizona State Prison, and location of Arizona's execution chamber<ref>"[http://www.azcorrections.gov/adc/datasearch/dr_faq.asp Death Row Information and Frequently Asked Questions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527105027/http://www.azcorrections.gov/adc/datasearch/dr_faq.asp |date=May 27, 2010 }}." [[Arizona Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.</ref>
* [[Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman]], run by the [[Arizona Department of Corrections]], housing Arizona state prisoners and [[List of people executed in Arizona|Arizona's death row]]
* [[Arizona State Prison Florence-West]], operated by the [[GEO Group]], housing Arizona state prisoners
* [[Central Arizona Correctional Facility]], operated by the GEO Group, housing Arizona state prisoners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Arizona Correctional Facility |url=http://www.geogroup.com/Maps/LocationDetails/42 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812143326/http://www.geogroup.com/maps/locationdetails/42 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016 |website=GEO Group}}</ref>
* [[Central Arizona Detention Center]], run by [[Corrections Corporation of America]], housing prisoners for the [[United States Marshals Service]], TransCor America LLC,<ref>a subsidiary of CCA</ref> [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]], [[Pascua Yaqui Tribe]] government, and the [[United States Air Force]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Arizona Detention Center |url=http://www.cca.com/facilities/central-arizona-detention-center |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Florence Correctional Center]], run by CCA, houses inmates for [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]], for the [[Vermont Department of Corrections]], and for the [[United States Marshals Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Florence Correctional Center |url=http://www.cca.com/facilities/florence-correctional-center |access-date=July 29, 2016 |website=Corrections Corporations of America}}</ref>
* The Pinal County Adult Detention Center, operated by the county, housing local prisoners
* The Pinal County Youth Justice Center, operated by the county, housing local juvenile prisoners

Located just north of Florence during [[World War II]] was a large [[prisoner of war]] camp for [[Germany during World War II|German]] and [[Italy during World War II|Italian]] prisoners of war, mainly captured during the [[North Africa campaign]], called [[Arizona during World War II#Prisoner of war camps|Camp Florence]] on 500 acres of land.<ref>[http://campflorencedays.blogspot.com/ "Camp Florence Days", a book and blog by a WWII guard at the Florence POW camp.]</ref>  Japanese Americans arrested as "enemy aliens" after the U.S. entered the war, were also interned nearby at the [[Gila River War Relocation Center]].<ref>[http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Florence%20%28detention%20facility%29/ "Florence (detention facility)"] ''Densho Encyclopedia'' (accessed June 17, 2014)</ref> The prisoners were paid 50 cents an hour to pick cotton. The men were not allowed to buy cigarettes with their prison wages. However, they could buy tobacco which they rolled themselves.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2327087/posts Star]</ref> [[McFarland State Historic Park]]  on Ruggles Ave. has a display and information on this period of Arizona history.