  Location in Arizona | |
| Location | Florence, Arizona |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°01′37″N111°22′12″W / 33.027°N 111.370°W /33.027; -111.370 |
| Status | Closed |
| Security class | mixed |
| Capacity | Closed except for units transferred under other ASPC complexes (Gov Doug Ducey ordered shut down due to massive costs to operate in 2020) |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Closed | 2022 |
| Managed by | Arizona Department of Corrections |
Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence also known asFlorence State Prison (FSP) is a facility operated by theArizona Department of Corrections (ADC). The facility stopped housing inmates long-term, and currently only houses death row inmates in their final days before the execution at the facility. The main FSP prison was located inFlorence, Arizona. The Florence complex used to include a unit in Picacho inunincorporatedPinal County however, the Picacho Unit was closed and razed in early 2013. The Globe Unit inGlobe is now part of ASPC-Phoenix.[1]
The Central Unit of ASPC–Florence housed Arizona's one of two maledeath row cell blocks (the other at Eyman where they were both consolidated when ASPC-Florence closed down) and the State of Arizonaexecution chamber.[2] FSP is the judicial site in Arizona for state executions since 1910. The death house known on the Unit as Housing Unit 9 is located beside Housing Unit 8.Lethal injection and thegas chamber are the sole methods of execution.
In 1908 inmates finished building and opened the Arizona Prison at Florence. This new prison was to replace theterritorial prison inYuma. The convicts lived in tents while constructing the prison. The new prison featured a death chamber. The chamber was scaffolding above the death row cells that had a trap door for hanging inmates which opened to a room below. In 1934, hanging was replaced with the gas chamber following abotched hanging that took place in 1930. Convicts from Florence were a cheap source of labor and the state used them to build roads through the mountains betweenBisbee andTombstone in 1913. Convicts also built a bridge over theSan Pedro River and improved the Douglas Highway. There is a concrete monument there commemorating the completion of the road.
The prison was designed in a mission-revival style architecture.[3]
FSP had an inmate capacity of 3,946 in 6 housing units, housed at level 2, 3 and 5 security levels.[citation needed] The ADC uses a score classification system to assess inmates appropriate custody and security level placement. The scores range from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest risk or need.
Central Unit was recently changed from a split 3/5 level to a sole maximum security unit.
| ASPC Unit | Custody Level |
|---|---|
| Central Unit | 5 |
| East Unit | 3 |
| North Unit | 2 |
| South Unit (now part of ASPC-Eyman) | 2 |
| CB–Kasson | 5 |
| Globe | 2 |
| Tempe St. Lukes | 2–5 |
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| State prisons | |
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| Privately run prisons in-state | |
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♂♀ (both sexes) | |
