| Arizona Department of Corrections |
| Abbreviation |
ADC |
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| Patch of the Arizona Department of Corrections. |
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| Badge of the Arizona Department of Corrections. |
| Agency overview |
| Formed |
1875 |
| Preceding agency |
Yuma Territorial Prison |
| Employees |
9,750 |
| Legal personality |
Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure |
| Operations jurisdiction* |
State of Arizona, USA |
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| Map of Arizona Department of Corrections's jurisdiction. |
| Size |
113,998 square miles (295,250 km2) |
| Population |
6,500,180 (2008 est.)[1] |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure |
| Headquarters |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| Website |
| Arizona Department of Corrections Website |
| Footnotes |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. |
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The Arizona Department of Corrections is in charge of the incarceration of inmates in 10 prisons in the U.S. state of Arizona. As of April 2009, the ADC manages over 40,191 imprisoned inmates and over 7,216 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released.[2] ADC is also in involved in recruitment and training of correctional officers. It has its headquarters in Downtown Phoenix.[3]
| Year |
Total funding |
| 2002 |
$623.0 Mil. |
| 2003 |
$626.6 Mil. |
| 2004 |
$692.7 Mil. |
| 2005 |
$755.0 Mil. |
| 2006 |
$825.6 Mil. |
| 2007 |
$901.3 Mil. |
| 2008 (Estimate) |
$1020.0 Mil. |
| 2009 (Estimate) |
$1076.2 Mil. |
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Death row [edit]
The male death row is located in the Browning Unit of Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman. The female death row is in the Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, Executions occur at the Central Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence. As of 2010 one Arizona death row inmate is confined in West Virginia.[6]
Facilities [edit]
Fallen officers [edit]
Since the establishment of the Arizona Department of Corrections, 8 officers have died in the line of duty. Six units were named after fallen officers--Stiner, Barchey, Morey, Buckley, and Rast at ASPC Lewis in Buckeye, and Lumley at ASPC Perryville in Goodyear. [7]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ Daily Count Sheet
- ^ "ADC Contact Information." Arizona Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
- ^ 2008 Budget
- ^ 2009 Budget
- ^ "Death Row Information and Frequently Asked Questions." Arizona Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
- ^ The Officer Down Memorial Page
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