Entrepreneurs repurpose former state prison

A group of partners have created a law enforcement, military and civilian training destination at an unlikely site: the old Hendry Correctional Institute.

By Grier Ferguson
| 5:00 p.m. April 28, 2021
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Courtesy. A group of businessmen have breathed new life into what was once the Hendry Correctional Institute, opening a training complex for military, law enforcement and civilians on the site in Immokalee.

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It has everything. Barracks, kitchens, classrooms, lounge areas, a medical building and more than 1,200 acres of property. What more could you ask for in a former maximum-security prison?

This place — what was once the Hendry Correctional Institute — offers so much that a group of businessmen have breathed new life into it. They've opened a training complex for military, law enforcement and civilians on the site in the Hendy County, just east of the Collier County town of Immokalee. They’ve formed three businesses based there: Tradecraft Range and Training Center, Force Center, and Force IMI.