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Elmore Correctional Facility
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Elmore Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Elmore County, Alabama. Rated capacity: 1,176. Reported population: 1,161. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Elmore Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison for men, located in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama. The facility has an operating capacity of 1176 and was first opened in 1981 with temporary modular dormitories. Elmore is the site of three Alabama state prisons: Staton Correctional Facility and Draper Correctional Facility, which are adjacent to one another, and Elmore about a mile to the east. Elmore inmate Johnny Lee Spears was stabbed to death by another prisoner on March 25, 2016, and another prisoner was stabbed and wounded in April, in July a third inmate was killed, stabbed by another prisoner. In July 2006, an additional 400 beds were added, bringing the total capacity to 1,264 inmates and was critically understaffed, with 72 of its 169 guard positions filled.
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Capacity
1,176
Current population
1,161
Occupancy
99%
Year opened
1981
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1981
Region
Alabama
Security level
Medium
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 3/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
- · Severe-conditions keyword in sources
This facility scores 4. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project18 Feb 2023
ing Argument How ‘Cruel and Not Unusual’ Conditions Persist in Many Lockups Insight from a discussion with journalists, formerly incarcerated people and experts. A man in Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. stands near his bunk bed, in 2015. Brynn Anderson/Associated Press This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue.
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 (Q28446275)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Elmore Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/elmore-correctional-facility
"Elmore Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/elmore-correctional-facility.
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