McRae Correctional Institution
| Location |
1000 Jim Hammock Drive McRae-Helena, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Status | open |
| Security class | low security |
| Capacity | 2275 |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Managed by | Corrections Corporation of America |
McRae Correctional Institution is a privately managed, low-security prison for men, owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America since 2000 under contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for federal prisoners. [1]
The maximum capacity of the prison is 2275. It stands in McRae-Helena, Telfair County, Georgia.[2]
In 2014 Azadeh N. Shahshahani of the ACLU of Georgia reported that McRae and another private federal prison in Georgia showed "a record of violations of constitutional and Bureau of Prisons standards governing the medical treatment of prisoners" and other issues.[3]
In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provided less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings. The agency expects to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire.[4]
References
- ↑ "McRae Correctional Institution". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "McRae Correctional Institution". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Report Shows Federal Bureau of Prisons Incentivizes Mistreatment, Shields Immigrant Prisons from Scrutiny". ACLU of Georgia. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ Zapotosky, Matt (18 Aug 2016). "Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
Coordinates: 32°03′16″N 82°52′39″W / 32.054391°N 82.877567°W