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As of 2016 Florence is home to multiple state, federal, county and private prisons:
Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence, run by the Arizona Department of Corrections, housing Arizona state prisoners, the former Arizona State Prison, and location of Arizona's execution chamber[21]
Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman, run by the Arizona Department of Corrections, housing Arizona state prisoners and Arizona's death row
Arizona State Prison Florence-West, operated by the GEO Group, housing Arizona state prisoners
Central Arizona Correctional Facility, operated by the GEO Group, housing Arizona state prisoners[22]
Central Arizona Detention Center, run by Corrections Corporation of America, housing prisoners for the United States Marshals Service, TransCor America LLC,[23] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Pascua Yaqui Tribe government, and the United States Air Force[24]
Florence Correctional Center, run by CCA, houses inmates for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for the Vermont Department of Corrections, and for the United States Marshals Service.[25]
The Pinal County Adult Detention Center, operated by the county, housing local prisoners
The Pinal County Youth Justice Center, operated by the county, housing local juvenile prisoners
Located just north of Florence during World War II was a large prisoner of war camp for German and Italian prisoners of war, mainly captured during the North Africa campaign, called Camp Florence on 500 acres of land.[26] Japanese Americans arrested as "enemy aliens" after the U.S. entered the war, were also interned nearby at the Gila River War Relocation Center.[27] The prisoners were paid 50 cents an hour to pick cotton. The men were not allowed to buy cigarettes with their prison wages. However, they could buy tobacco which they rolled themselves.[28] McFarland State Historic Park on Ruggles Ave. has a display and information on this period of Arizona history.