Ventress Correctional Facility

Ventress Correctional Facility
Location	Ventress Lane, Clayton, Alabama
Security class	medium security and below
Capacity	1650
Opened	August 1990
Managed by	Alabama Department of Corrections
Director	Christopher Gordy

Ventress Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama. Opened in August 1990 with a capacity for 1650 inmates, Ventress was the state's first correctional facility dedicated to drug and alcohol treatment as its primary mission.^[1]^[2]

In August 2010 inmate Rocrast Mack was beaten by at least four corrections officers for 40 minutes in three different locations within the prison.^[3] An FBI investigation revealed that Mack's fatal injuries did not match up with the officers' testimony. Four officers were convicted and imprisoned on civil rights and conspiracy charges, with the apparent ringleader given 30 years.^[4]

References

↑ "Alabama Department of Corrections".
↑ "Alabama Department of Corrections".
↑ Reed, Jon (17 Oct 2014). "See how the FBI got convictions against 4 Alabama prison guards in a fatal 2010 beating". alabama.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "Color of Law Agent Exposes Civil Rights Crimes in Alabama Prison". Federal Bureau of Investigation. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

Coordinates: 31°53′21″N 85°29′31″W / 31.88925°N 85.49201°W / 31.88925; -85.49201

Alabama Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Bibb Bullock Donaldson Draper Easterling Elmore Fountain / JO Davis Hamilton Aged & Infirmed Holman Kilby Limestone Montgomery Women's Facility♀ St. Clair Staton Tutwiler♀ Ventress

Closed	Farquhar Cattle Ranch Wetumpka State Penitentiary

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only)

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