Glades Correctional Institution

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.

[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.