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Western Missouri Correctional Center

Western Missouri Correctional Center

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Western Missouri Correctional Center (WMCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Cameron, DeKalb County, Missouri. (The town of Cameron straddles DeKalb and Clinton Counties.) [1] According to the Official Manual State of Missouri the facility has a capacity of 1925[2] medium security prisoners.

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The facility opened in 1988 and is immediately adjacent to the Crossroads Correctional Center (CRCC), a maximum security facility for men which opened in 1997.[3] Crossroads was closed in July 2019 and one side of WMCC was converted into a maximum security prison, receiving many of those formerly held at CRCC.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Division of Adult Institutions". doc.mo.gov. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  2. [2]
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/BlueBook/2011-2012/6_Corr.pdf page 290
  3. [3]
    "Cameron, MO - Correctional Centers". www.cameron-mo.com. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  4. [4]
    "Crossroads Correctional Center Closes". US News. July 13, 2019.

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