Perry_County_Correctional_Facility

Perry County Correctional Facility

Perry County Correctional Facility

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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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Despite its name the prison has never been operated by, or housed prisoners of, Perry County. It opened in April 2006.[citation needed] 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.[2]

On May 25, 2009, prisoners Ashton Mink and Joshua Southwick escaped and were re-captured after a 14-hour shootout in Gladstone, North Dakota.[3] 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.[4]

The facility continues to house federal inmates of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the United States Marshals Service.[1] 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.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Perry County Correctional Center - LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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    Picard, Ken. "Vermont Pulls Its Inmates from Cut-Rate Alabama Prison". Seven Days.
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    "Alabama Suspects Facing Charges in North Dakota". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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    "Article 404 - Tuscaloosa News - Tuscaloosa, AL". Tuscaloosa News.[dead link]
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    "Anniston Star - with state prisons near double capacity Perry County facility resembles ghost town". Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

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