Winn Correctional Center

Winn Correctional Center
Location 180 CCA Boulevard, Winnfield, Louisiana
Security class medium security
Capacity 1538
Opened 1990
Managed by Lasalle Corrections
Director Keith Deville, Warden

Winn Correctional Center is a state prison for men, part of the Louisiana Department of Corrections prison system, located about 10 miles southeast of Winnfield in Winn Parish, Louisiana. As of February 2014 Winn is one of several privately operated prisons in the state. The facility is medium-security and currently houses 1538 inmates.[1][2] Opened in 1990, it was expanded in 1992.[3]

Winn opened as the first privately managed medium-security prison in the United States.[4] Management of the state-owned facility passed from Corrections Corporation of American to LaSalle Corrections in mid-2015.[5]

Aged

References

  1. ↑ cca.com/facilities/winn-correctional-center#
  2. ↑ "Louisiana Department of Corrections » Winn Correctional Center". doc.la.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ↑ "08-407 Corrections Services - Winn Correctional Center". doa.louisiana.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  4. ↑ "CCA - Facility Spotlight". cca.com. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  5. ↑ http://www.winnparishenterprise.com/articles/2015/09/23/lasalle-corrections-take-over-winn-correctional-center-welcomed-rotary

Coordinates: 31°51′02″N 92°46′52″W / 31.85049°N 92.78100°W / 31.85049; -92.78100

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