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State OKs sale of former Hillsborough prison site
By tbo.com
Published: 06/18/2014

TALLAHASSEE —The state on Tuesday approved the sale of nearly $30 million in state properies, including four state prisons shuttered due to budget cuts, to pump money into a program designed to purchase conservation lands.

The land deals green-lighted by Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet includes a $3.5 million sale of a 135-acre site that was home to the defunct Hillsborough County Correctional Institution, which until 2012 served as women’s prison.

The Florida Department of Corrections still pays annually to maintain the property and its now empty structures.

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