Location | 18701 Old Highway 66 Pacific, Missouri |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium, Minimum |
Capacity | 1130 |
Opened | January 1981 |
Managed by | Missouri Department of Corrections |
Warden | Gregory Hancock[1] |
The Missouri Eastern Correctional Center (MECC) is a state prison for men located in Pacific, Missouri. Since the facility was opened in 1981, it has been owned and operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. MECC currently has a maximum capacity of 1130 inmates, ranging from low to medium security, as well as housing inmates awaiting transfer to higher level institutions. [2][3]