25 years later: Deadly Tallahassee prison shooting revealed dark secret
A 2006 shooting at FCI Tallahassee killed an agent and exposed a scandal of guards trading sex for contraband.
Twenty years ago, gunshots at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee killed two men, injured another person and brought to light a dirty secret within the walls of the federal prison — guards were trading contraband for sex with inmates.
On June 21, 2006, federal agents arrived at FCI Tallahassee to arrest six corrections officers after a monthslong investigation into corruption, according to previous reporting by the Tallahassee Democrat.
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