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- ↑ "Contact Numbers and Mailing Addresses". Guam Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
PHYSICAL ADDRESS #1 Mashburn Lane, Dairy Road, Mangilao, GU 96913
- Compare to the maps - ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Mangilao, GU" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Guam’s Adult Correctional Facility." The Scoop . Tuesday May 26, 2009. Retrieved on May 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Prison Security Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine ." Guam Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 19, 2010.
- ↑ Delgado, Nick (February 7, 2020). "Allegations of inhumane jail conditions detailed". The Guam Daily Post.
