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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.
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
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1981
Region
Alabama
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
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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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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.
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World Prisons. (2026). Elmore Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/elmore-correctional-facility
"Elmore Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/elmore-correctional-facility.
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