Location | Wetumpka, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 32°33′50″N 86°11′37″W / 32.56389°N 86.19361°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 702 |
Population | 985 (as of 2007) |
Opened | December 1942 |
Former name | Wetumpka State Penitentiary |
Managed by | Alabama Department of Corrections |
Warden | Deidra Wright |
The Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is a prison for women of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), located in Wetumpka, Alabama. All female inmates entering ADOC are sent to the receiving unit in Tutwiler.[1] Tutwiler houses Alabama's female death row, which qualifies it for the "maximum security" classification.[2]