<P> The Reception and Medical Center is a state prison and hospital for men located in Lake Butler, Union County, Florida . The facility was founded in 1968 as an intake and processing point for all male state prisoners, and a secure medical facility . </P> <P> As of 2016 the facility can house a maximum of 1503 prisoners with a range of security levels . The nearby Reception and Medical Center, West Unit houses another 1148 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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