The Franklin Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Carrabelle, Franklin County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections.

[1] Franklin has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close, and houses adult male offenders.

Franklin first opened in 2005 and has a maximum capacity of 1039 prisoners.

[2] A federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2016 accused prison guards of beating a prisoner and then fatally gassing him with 600 grams of chemical agents.

Some three hundred inmates destroyed two housing dorms after drilling through a concrete and brick wall using improvised tools.