Location | Clinton County |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium,Maximum |
Capacity | 1,975 |
Opened | 1988 |
Managed by | Missouri Department of Corrections |
Director | Anne L. Precythe |
Governor | Mike Parson |
Warden | Christopher Brewer |
Street address | 609 E Pence Road |
City | Cameron |
County | Clinton County |
State/province | Missouri |
ZIP Code | 64429 |
Country | United States |
Website | doc |
Western Missouri Correctional Center (WMCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Cameron, DeKalb County, Missouri. (The town of Cameron straddles DeKalb and Clinton Counties.) [1] According to the Official Manual State of Missouri the facility has a capacity of 1925 [2] medium security prisoners.
The facility opened in 1988 and is immediately adjacent to the Crossroads Correctional Center (CRCC), a maximum security facility for men which opened in 1997. [3] Crossroads was closed in July 2019 and one side of WMCC was converted into a maximum security prison, receiving many of those formerly held at CRCC. [4]
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