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Southeast Correctional Center is a state prison located in Mississippi County, Missouri. Rated capacity: 1,658. Reported population: 1,600. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Southeast Correctional Center is a Missouri Department of Corrections maximum security state prison for men located in Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri. It opened in 2001, and has a maximum capacity of 1,658 inmates.
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Capacity
1,658
Current population
1,600
Occupancy
97%
Year opened
2001
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2001
Region
Missouri
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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This facility scores 1. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 1 points below national average.
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-worst times in the hole. The Public Information Office of the Missouri Department of Corrections did not respond to all questions by publication time. The deputy warden at Southeast Correctional Center, where Nichols spent a year in administrative segregation, said the prison could not respond to questions, including those about his filed grievances. Michael J. Nichols, was born and raised in
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World Prisons. (2026). Southeast Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/southeast-correctional-center
"Southeast Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/southeast-correctional-center.
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title = {Southeast Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
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