Location | 1000 Van Nuys Road New Castle, Indiana, U.S. |
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Status | open |
Security class | mixed |
Capacity | appr. 3,270 |
Opened | 2002 |
Managed by | GEO Group |
New Castle Correctional Facility is a privately run (but state-owned) prison located in New Castle, Indiana, United States. It opened in 2002. In September 2005, the state signed a contract with the for-profit GEO Group, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida, to run the prison. The facility is rated as minimum- to medium-security, but also has a maximum-security psychiatric unit and annex. It is currently the second-largest prison in Indiana, and can hold approximately 3,270 inmates.