United States · VA · Jarratt
Greensville Correctional Center
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Greensville Correctional Center is a state prison located in Greensville County, Virginia. Reported population: 2,976. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Greensville Correctional Center is a prison facility located in unincorporated Greensville County, Virginia, near Jarratt. The prison, on a 1,105-acre (447 ha) plot of land, is operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. Greensville housed the execution chamber that was used to carry out capital punishment by the Commonwealth of Virginia until the death penalty in Virginia was abolished in 2021.
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Capacity
3,200
Current population
2,976
Occupancy
93%
Year opened
1990
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1990
Region
VA
Security level
Maximum
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
- 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 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- VADOC — Facilities
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- VADOC — Facilities — Virginia Department of Corrections
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3776376)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Greensville Correctional Center. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/greensville-correctional-center
"Greensville Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/greensville-correctional-center.
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