David Wade Correctional Center

David Wade Correctional Center
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Location670 Bell Hill Road
Homer, Louisiana
Statusopen
Security classmixed
Capacity1244
Opened1980; expanded 1987
Managed byLouisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

David Wade Correctional Center (DWCC) is a Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections prison located in an unincorporated area of Claiborne Parish,[1] between Homer and Haynesville, Louisiana.[2][3] The prison is located near the Louisiana-Arkansas border.[4]

The N-5 Special Management Unit, which as of 2001 holds some 50 prisoners, is a special protection unit for prisoners at risk. The unit houses former prison officials, convicted ex-police officers from New Orleans, contract killers, pedophiles, and young people with life sentences.[4]

Wade opened in 1980.[5] Thirty-nine percent of the beds at Wade are "maximum custody."[6]

As is typical of prisons in rural areas, many of the correctional officers who work at Wade are from the local Haynesville-Homer area.[7]

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Claiborne Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 6 (PDF p. 7/18). Retrieved 2022-08-15. David Wade Correctional Ctr
  2. ^ "David Wade Correctional Center Archived 2011-01-27 at the Wayback Machine." Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Retrieved on October 2, 2010.
  3. ^ "Inmate wants his privileges restored." The Advocate. January 11, 1990. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. "But Mule was transferred to Wade Correctional Center in Haynesville[...]"
  4. ^ a b Johnson, Allen Jr. "Shared Fate Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine." Gambit Weekly. March 20, 2001. Retrieved on October 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "Time in Prison." Archived 2012-10-23 at WebCite Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. 20/40. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "Time in Prison Archived 2012-10-23 at WebCite." Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. 14/40. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "La. prison guards least paid." The Advocate. January 29, 2001. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. "largest employer Many of the 487 officers are from the HomerHaynesville area[...]