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McRae Correctional Institution

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Background

McRae Correctional Facility is a privately managed, low-security prison for men, owned and operated by the CoreCivic since 2000 under contract with the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons for federal prisoners. The maximum capacity of the prison is 2275. It stands in McRae-Helena, Telfair County, Georgia. In 2014 Azadeh N. Shahshahani of the ACLU of Georgia reported that McRae and another private federal prison in Georgia showed "a record of violations of constitutional and Bureau of Prisons standards governing the medical treatment of prisoners" and other issues. McRae is known as a "criminal alien requirement" (CAR) prison, meaning that it houses only aliens who will face deportation once they complete their sentences.

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Capacity

2,275

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

2000

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

CoreCivic

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2000

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

1000 Jim Hammock Drive, McRae-Helena, Georgia

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Compared to other facilities in United States

3276 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 2275 · peers avg: 1420 (+60%)

Data completeness

32%

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