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Draper Correctional Facility

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Background

Draper Correctional Facility was an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama. The prison first opened in 1939 with a capacity of 600 beds, replacing the former Speigner Reformatory. Speigner had been founded circa 1900 and employed inmates on a farm and cotton mill on site. It was destroyed by fire in November 1932 Draper retains a farming operation and a furniture plant, as well as vocational training and employing inmates on facility maintenance. Each prisoner has an assigned job.

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Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1939

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Alabama Department of Corrections

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1939

Region

AL

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Contact & address

2828 Alabama Highway 143, Elmore 36025

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