Lake Erie Correctional Institution
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| Location | 501 Thompson Road Conneaut, Ohio |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | medium and minimum |
| Capacity | 1498 |
| Opened | 2000; owned by CCA since 2012 |
| Managed by | Corrections Corporation of America |
The Lake Erie Correctional Institution is a minimum- and medium-security prison for men located in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.[1]
The facility first opened in 2000, has been owned by CCA since 2012, and has a working population of 1750 state inmates. [2]
Lake Erie was the first sale of a state prison in the United States to a private company.[3]
In 2012, Ohio state auditors deducted $500,000 from its contract at Lake Erie for violations such as understaffing, which had given rise to a high rate of violence and smuggled drugs.[4]
References
- ^ "Lake Erie Correctional Institution". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Lake Erie Correctional Institution". Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Kirkham, Chris (22 March 2013). "Lake Erie Prison Plagued By Violence And Drugs After Corporate Takeover". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Kirkham, Chris (22 March 2013). "Lake Erie Prison Plagued By Violence And Drugs After Corporate Takeover". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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