Reception and Medical Center

The Reception and Medical Center (RMC) is a state prison and hospital for men located in unincorporated Union County, Florida,[1] with a Lake Butler postal address.

[2] As of 2016, the facility can house a maximum of 1,503 prisoners with a range of security levels.

The nearby Reception and Medical Center, West Unit houses another 1,148 and Reception and Medical Center, Work Camp houses 432.

[3] In April 2015, two correctional officers and a third former officer were charged in a scheme to murder a former inmate, in retaliation for a fight in the RMC the previous year.

All three officers were linked to the Traditional American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.