Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry

Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry
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Common nameArizona Department of Corrections
AbbreviationADCRR,
ADC (formerly)
Agency overview
Formed1875
Employees10,000+
Annual budget1,131,935.4
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionArizona, US
Map of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry's jurisdiction
Size113,998 square miles (295,250 km2)
Population6,500,180 (2008 est.)[1]
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters1601 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, US
Agency executive
  • Ryan Thornell, Ph.D., Director
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]

  1. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "abc15 News". www.abc15.com. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  3. ^ "Arizona Legislature". www.azleg.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ^ Corrections at a glance
  5. ^ COTA Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "ADC Contact Information Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine." Arizona Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.