Perry County Correctional Facility
Perry County Correctional Facility is a privately owned and privately operated prison facility about four miles (6.4 km) east of Uniontown in Perry County, Alabama, and operated by LCS Corrections Services.[1]
- not to be confused with Perry Correctional Institution, Pelzer, South Carolina
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Location | 4805 Hwy 80 East, Uniontown, Alabama |
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Capacity | 738 |
Managed by | LCS Corrections Services |
Director | James Mullins |
Despite its name the prison has never been operated by, or housed prisoners of, Perry County. It opened in April 2006.[2] A contract with the Vermont Department of Corrections for the housing of 80 offenders ended in April 2009 amid allegations of understaffing and inmates being injured. It was Vermont's first private-prison contract.[3]
On May 25, 2009, prisoners Ashton Mink and Joshua Southwick escaped and were re-captured after a 14-hour shootout in Gladstone, North Dakota.[4] Shortly thereafter Alabama removed its 250 prisoners from the facility, citing money concerns, although state Prison Commissioner Richard Allen noted that LCS had taken eleven and a half hours to notify officials of the Memorial Day escape.[5]
The facility continues to house federal inmates of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the United States Marshals Service.[6] As of November 2013 only about 30 federal prisoners were held in Perry even though the Alabama state system was running at an average 192% capacity.[7]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2014-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.lcscorrections.com/printable.php?pageID=29
- http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/vermont-pulls-its-inmates-from-cut-rate-alabama-prison/Content?oid=2137288
- http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/WVUA01/906249939&Title=Alabama-Suspects-Facing-Charges-in-North-Dakota
- http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20090609/NEWS/906089916
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2014-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)