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Putnamville Correctional Facility
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Putnamville Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Putnam County, Indiana. Rated capacity: 2,510. Reported population: 1,950. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Putnamville Correctional Facility, located in Warren Township, Putnam County, near Greencastle, Indiana, is a medium-security prison for men located on 4,350 acres (17.6 km2) in Putnam County, Indiana (the west-central part of the state, 3.8 miles West of U.S. Routes 231 and 40). It currently houses approximately 2,400 inmates. Established in 1914, the prison was known for nearly 70 years as the Indiana State Farm. Inmates, nearly all of whom were serving time for minor offenses, worked in the prison's extensive farm and dairy operations. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the facility was divided, with laundry and mess areas located near the complex of dormitories on a hill overlooking "the pit", the brickyard west of the dorms and far below.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
2,510
Current population
1,950
Occupancy
78%
Year opened
1914
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1914
Region
Indiana
Security level
Medium
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
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Indiana — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7262358)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Putnamville Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/putnamville-correctional-facility
"Putnamville Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/putnamville-correctional-facility.
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