Lawrenceville Correctional Center

Lawrenceville Correctional Center
Location	1607 Planters Road Lawrenceville, Virginia
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	1536
Opened	1998
Managed by	GEO Group

The Lawrenceville Correctional Center is a privately operated, medium-security state prison for men located in Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia. Since 2003 GEO Group has operated the prison under contract with the Virginia Department of Corrections.^[1] It houses 1536 inmates.^[2]

When the facility was first completed in 1998 as the first private prison in Virginia, it was managed by Corrections Corporation of America. ^[3]

References

↑ "Lawrenceville Correctional Center". Virginia Department of Corrections. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
↑ "Lawrenceville Correctional Center". GEO Group Inc. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
↑ Finn, Peter (18 January 1998). "With Lawrenceville Facility, Va. Enters World of Privately Run Prisons". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

Virginia Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Augusta Correctional Center Baskerville Correctional Unit Bland Correctional Center Brunswick Work Center Buckingham Correctional Center Caroline Correctional Unit Central Virginia Correctional Unit #13 Coffeewood Correctional Center Cold Springs Correctional Unit Deep Meadow Correctional Center Deerfield Correctional Center Dillwyn Correctional Center Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women Green Rock Correctional Center Greensville Correctional Center Halifax Correctional Unit Haynesville Correctional Center Haynesville Correctional Unit Indian Creek Correctional Center Keen Mountain Correctional Center Lunenburg Correctional Center Marion Treatment Center Nottoway Correctional Center Patrick Henry Correctional Unit Pocahontas State Correctional Center Powhatan Correctional Center Red Onion State Prison River North Correctional Center Rustburg Correctional Unit St. Brides Correctional Center Sussex I State Prison Sussex II State Prison Virginia Correctional Center for Women Wallens Ridge State Prison Wise Correctional Unit

Private	Lawrenceville Correctional Center (operated by GEO Group)

Closed	Culpeper Correctional Facility for Women James River Correctional Center Mecklenburg Correctional Center Southampton Correctional Center Virginia State Penitentiary

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