Branchville Correctional Facility

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Branchville Correctional Facility
Branchville Correctional Facility
Location21390 Old State Road 37
Branchville, Indiana
Statusopen
Security classmedium security
Capacity1530
Opened1982
Managed by Indiana Department of Correction
DirectorDan Mitchell, Warden

Branchville Correctional Facility is an Indiana Department of Correction state prison for men, located in Branchville, Perry County, Indiana, on the southern edge of the state. [1] The prison is a medium-security facility opened in 1982 and has a capacity of 1,530.

As of 2019, the prison housed 1,448 inmates, and employed 256 staff. [2]

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References

  1. "Branchville Correctional Facility". 10 August 2020.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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