Greensville Correctional Center
- Greensville Correctional Center
Greensville Correctional Center is a prison facility located in Jarratt, Virginia and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Opened in September, 1990 in a ceremony presided over by Governor L. Douglas Wilder, the $106 million facility was built to provide initial relief to the then overcrowded Virginia correctional system. The facility opening allowed for the subsequent closure of two century old Virginia State Penitentiary in downtown Richmond.
Initially, the center was classified as being a maximum security facility. It was constructed as a series of 4 pod style buildings (three have a capacity for 516 inmates each, the fourth can handle 192 higher-risk inmates) arranged in a semi-circle in a convert|125|acre|km2|sing=on campus like setting. The tract of land upon which the Correctional Center is constructed measures convert|1105|acre|km2 - situated one mile (1.6 km) away from Interstate 95. The primary contractor for the project was Morrison-Knudsen.
However, with the subsequent opening of other facilities intended for the most hardened violent criminals, the security classification at Greensville has been lowered to medium security. There is a double perimeter fence topped with razor wire as well as six convert|52|ft|m|sing=on high guard towers to bolster perimeter security.
In 1995, a minimum security work camp for low risk inmates was constructed adjacent to the main complex. Together, the two facilities have a capacity of 3,007 inmates.
The facility also boasts a dedicated health care unit which services a mental health center serving inmates in the eastern region of the Virginia corrections system. It also is the home of the state death chamber, which was completed in April, 1991 -- delayed by some debate as to which Virginia prison facility should succeed the Penitentiary as the site for judicial executions. 98 executions by electrocution or lethal injection have occurred in the L Building, located at the rear of the facility.
External links
* [http://www.vadoc.virginia.gov Virginia Department of Corrections]
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