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

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

Taylor first opened in 1994 and has a maximum capacity of 1301 prisoners.

[2] In 2014 two correctional officers were charged with multiple felonies for ordering a Taylor inmate, David Powell, to be killed.

Powell, who had threatened to expose the officers' lucrative smuggling operations, escaped two stabbings without serious injury.