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

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

Coordinates: 36°46′52″N 77°48′48″W / 36.781044°N 77.813256°W / 36.781044; -77.813256

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