United States · Connecticut · Suffield
Macdougall-Walker Correctional Institution
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Macdougall-Walker Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Hartford County, Connecticut. Rated capacity: 2,135. Reported population: 1,853. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution is a Level 4 & 5 (high & maximum) security level multi-mission facility for adult males, in Suffield, Connecticut. Based on its inmate population, it is the largest correctional facility in New England. It came into being on May 15, 2001, as the result of the merger of the Walker Reception and Special Management Unit and the MacDougall Correctional Institution. Combined the facility resides on 140 acres.
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Capacity
2,135
Current population
1,853
Occupancy
87%
Year opened
2001
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2001
Region
Connecticut
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
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q17019503)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Macdougall-Walker Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/macdougall-walker-correctional-institution
"Macdougall-Walker Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/macdougall-walker-correctional-institution.
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