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Limestone Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Limestone County, Alabama. Rated capacity: 2,086. Reported population: 2,107. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Limestone Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Harvest, Limestone County, Alabama. Opened in October 1984 and with a capacity of 2086 prisoners, Limestone is the largest prison in the Alabama state system. This institution is classified as a maximum security correctional facility. As of March 2024, the prison was 15% over capacity at 2,398 inmates. Limestone and the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women were the two Alabama state prisons in which HIV positive inmates were segregated, a practice that Alabama and South Carolina claimed stopped the spread of the virus and lowered overall medical costs.
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Capacity
2,086
Current population
2,107
Occupancy
101%
Year opened
1984
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1984
Region
Alabama
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 101% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Nh Correctional Facility For WomenGoffstownCloseState prison154% occupancy
- Ga Diagnostic & Classification State PrisonJacksonCloseState prison136% occupancy
- Mat-Su PretrialPalmerCloseState prison100% occupancy
- Franklin Medical Center (Zone B)ColumbusCloseState prison101% occupancy
- Florida State Prison - West UnitRaifordCloseState prison103% occupancy
- Reception And Medical Center, West UnitLake ButlerCloseState prison107% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 101% · peers avg: 93% (+9%)
Capacity (beds)this: 2086 · peers avg: 547 (+281%)
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 (Q16894182)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Limestone Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/limestone-correctional-facility
Chicago
"Limestone Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/limestone-correctional-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-limestone-correctional-faci,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Limestone Correctional Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/limestone-correctional-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}