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| 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]
- ^ "Tutwiler Prison for Women Archived 2010-03-18 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 5, 2010.
- ^ "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003". Alabama Department of Corrections. 45/84. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Tutwiler also has a death row".