Potosi Correctional Center
Maximum security prison located near Mineral Point, Missouri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, near Mineral Point.[3] The facility currently houses 800 death row, maximum security and high-risk male inmates.[citation needed]
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Location | 11593 State Highway O Mineral Point, Missouri[1] |
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Coordinates | 37°56′11″N 90°44′12″W |
Status | open |
Security class | Maximum, Death Row |
Capacity | 800 |
Population | 897 (112.1%) (as of June 30, 2012[2]) |
Opened | 1989 |
Managed by | Missouri Department of Corrections |
Warden | David Vandergriff |
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The facility, which opened in 1989, is a maximum security prison. In 1989 it had about 200 prisoners.[4]
Shortly after the prison's opening, the majority of the non-death row prisoners at Potosi were serving long sentences, such as life imprisonment without parole, or sentences with a 50-year minimum before parole eligibility. A small number had shorter sentences.[5]