Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry | |
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Common name | Arizona Department of Corrections |
Abbreviation | ADCRR, ADC (formerly) |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1875 |
Employees | 10,000+ |
Annual budget | 1,131,935.4 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Arizona, US |
Map of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry's jurisdiction | |
Size | 113,998 square miles (295,250 km2) |
Population | 6,500,180 (2008 est.)[1] |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 1601 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, US |
Agency executive |
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Website | |
Arizona Department of Corrections Website |
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR), commonly and formerly referred to as simply the Arizona Department of Corrections, is the statutory law enforcement agency responsible for the incarceration of inmates in 13 prisons in the U.S. state of Arizona.[2][3] As of December 2015, the ADC manages over 42,643 imprisoned inmates and over 5,466 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released.[4] ADC is also in involved in recruitment and training of Correctional Officers at the Correctional Officer Training Academy (COTA) in Tucson, Arizona.[5] The ADC is headquartered in Downtown Phoenix.[6]