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| Location | 11593 State Highway O Mineral Point, Missouri[1] |
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| Coordinates | 37°56′11″N 90°44′12″W / 37.93639°N 90.73667°W |
| Status | open |
| Security class | Maximum, Death Row |
| Capacity | 800 |
| Population | 897 (112.1%) (as of June 30, 2012[2]) |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Managed by | Missouri Department of Corrections |
| Warden | David Vandergriff |
Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri,[3] near Mineral Point.[4] The facility currently houses 800 death row, maximum security and high-risk male inmates.[citation needed]
The facility, which opened in 1989, is a maximum security prison. In 1989 it had about 200 prisoners.[5]
Shortly after the prison's opening, the majority of the non-death row prisoners at Potosi were serving long sentences, such as life imprisonment without parole, or sentences with a 50-year minimum before parole eligibility. A small number had shorter sentences.[6]
- ^ "Potosi Correctional Center | Missouri Department of Corrections". doc.mo.gov.
- ^ "Missouri correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage". Prison Policy Initiative. 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Washington County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 12 (PDF p. 13/24). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
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- ^ "Institutional Facilities Archived 2015-07-18 at the Wayback Machine." Missouri Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 18, 2010. "Potosi Correctional Center (C-5)" "11593 State Highway O Mineral Point, MO 63660"
- ^ Lombardi, George, Richard D. Sluder, and Donald Wallace. "The Management of Death-Sentenced Inmates: Issues, Realities, and Innovative Strategies Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." Missouri Department of Corrections. 8-9. Retrieved on September 18, 2010.
- ^ Lombardi, George, Richard D. Sluder, and Donald Wallace. "The Management of Death-Sentenced Inmates: Issues, Realities, and Innovative Strategies Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." Missouri Department of Corrections. 9. Retrieved on September 18, 2010.