Douglas County Correctional

Douglas County Correctional facility is a prison in Omaha, Nebraska. The prison is operated by the Department of Corrections of Douglas County.[1] The prison is used to house inmates in migration related offenses or for criminal offenses. The prison is located at 710 S 17th St, Omaha, NE.

Timeline

Douglas County Correctional Center was opened in July 1979. It was designed with 12 housing units that held a total of 200 single bed cells.[1]

By 1983, the majority of the single cells were double bunked to bring the capacity to 363 beds.[1]

In April 1989, the annex was added to the Correctional Center. Eight dormitory style housing units were added with 354 beds and 2 isolation cells. This brought the capacity to 719 beds.[1]

In June 2005, construction of the Correctional Center was completed, adding nine housing units with 62 beds each and a medical housing unit that can accommodate a combination of 61 male and female inmates. This brings total capacity to 1,453 beds.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Department of Corrections of Douglas County". http://www.dccorr.com/. Douglas County and the City of Omaha. Retrieved 11/5/14. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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