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Augusta Correctional Center is a state prison located in Augusta County, Virginia. Rated capacity: 1,380. Reported population: 1,342. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Augusta Correctional Center was a state prison for men located near Craigsville in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections, the facility opened in 1986 and had a working capacity of 1,222 prisoners held at a level 3 security level. Inmates must have no disruptive behavior for 2 years to be considered to be transferred to a less secure facility.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,380
Current population
1,342
Occupancy
97%
Year opened
1986
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1986
Region
Virginia
Security level
Close
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Montie Rissell1958 · serial killer
Montie Ralph Rissell (born November 28, 1958), also known as Monte, is an American serial killer and rapist who raped and murdered five women between 1976 and 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia, where he lived. .
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 97% · peers avg: 93% (+5%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1380 · peers avg: 547 (+152%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28230468)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Augusta Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/augusta-correctional-center
Chicago
"Augusta Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/augusta-correctional-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-augusta-correctional-center,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Augusta Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/augusta-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}