Baker Correctional Institution

According to the governor’s office, the Baker County facility opened Sept. 2 and had more than 100 detainees as of Friday. It can house up to 1,500 people.

In one of Florida’s most conservative counties, the plan has drawn a tangle of reactions from those living within walking distance to Baker Correctional Institution.

A line of deportation-themed shirts, hats and other knickknacks for sale on the state Republican Party website bore a logo similar to the natoinal hardware chain.

The state is preparing a second detention facility at a state prison as a federal judge decides the fate of the “Alligator Alcatraz" holding center in the Everglades.