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Baker Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Baker County, Florida. Rated capacity: 1,165. Reported population: 999. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Baker Correctional Institution was a state prison for men located in Sanderson, Baker County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. Since November 2009, Baker's mission has been to "prepare inmates for work release and aid in a successful re-entry into society." The facility has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close. Baker Correctional Institution opened in 1978 and has a maximum capacity of 1165 inmates. In July 2015 two inmates died within a week: Antonio Gallashaw on the 28th, and Denis Robinson on the 30th. In 2021, Baker Correctional Institution, along with New River Correctional Institution and Cross City Correctional Institution, was closed temporarily due to a staffing shortage.
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Capacity
1,165
Current population
999
Occupancy
86%
Year opened
1978
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1978
Region
Florida
Security level
Close
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 86% · peers avg: 93% (8%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1165 · peers avg: 547 (+113%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Florida — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446354)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Baker Correctional Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baker-correctional-institution
Chicago
"Baker Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baker-correctional-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-baker-correctional-institut,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Baker Correctional Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baker-correctional-institution},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}