The Hardee Correctional Institution (HARCI) is a state prison for men located in unincorporated Hardee County, Florida, with a Bowling Green postal address. It is owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close, and houses adult male offenders.
History Hardee first opened in April 1991 and has a maximum capacity of 1,746 inmates.
In 2015, a campus of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary was established in the penitentiary. Nicole Kalil, Seminary Graduation For Inmates At Hardee Correctional, flbaptist.org, USA, March 25, 2019
Notable inmates +Notable InmatesNameKnown forStatusSourceGrant AmatoConvicted of a familicide in 2019Alfonza SmallsAccomplice of double murderer Richard HenyardFred WaterfieldCousin and accomplice of serial killer David Alan GoreJames WinklesMurderer and alleged serial killerTransferred to and died at Union Correctional Institution
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