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minimum security prison at Auxiliary Field 6,

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. Lacey Rose of ''

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'' wrote that it "was once considered so cushy that the term "

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" was actually coined to describe it." By 2006 the federal government decided to cut costs by closing Eglin and returning the buildings to the

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. The prisoners were moved to

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.Rudman, Mladen.
Article: Eglin prison to turn in key: The camp's five dormitories and smaller buildings will be returned to the Air Force after remaining personnel leaves by Feb. 20
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Notable inmates

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Eugenio Martínez Eugenio Rolando Martínez CareagaSam Roberts''The New York Times'', February 2, 2021. (alias Musculito, July 8, 1922 – January 30, 2021) was a member of the anti-Castro movement in the early 1960s, and later was one of the five men recruited ...

, James W. McCord Jr., and

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- were inmates at Eglin.

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Notable inmates

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