Limestone Correctional Facility
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| Location | 28779 Nick Davis Road Harvest, Alabama |
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| Capacity | 2086 |
| Opened | October 1984 |
| Managed by | Alabama Department of Corrections |
| Director | Deborah Toney, Warden |
Limestone Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Harvest, Limestone County, Alabama.[1] Opened in October 1984 and with a capacity of 2086 prisoners, Limestone is the largest prison in the Alabama state system. This institution is classified as a maximum security correctional facility. As of March 2024, the prison was 15% over capacity at 2,398 inmates.
Limestone and the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women were the two Alabama state prisons in which HIV positive inmates were segregated, a practice that Alabama and South Carolina claimed stopped the spread of the virus and lowered overall medical costs.[2][3] On December 21, 2012, U.S. District Court Justice Myron Herbert Thompson found that the segregation violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.[4]
The prison operates a farming and cattle operation on its surrounding 1,600 acres (650 ha) of land.[1]
Limestone has garnered media attention in the past several years for various controversies, including documented abuse and mistreatment of individuals in their custody,[5] dilapidated and unsafe facilities,[6] staff shortages, and corruption[7] among leadership. Among these also include accusations of organ harvesting,[8][9][10] as families of people who have died while incarcerated have discovered their loved ones missing various organs.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alabama Department of Corrections". doc.state.al.us. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ^ Brown, Robbie (19 November 2012). "The New York Times". Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ^ Benjamin Fleury-Steiner with Carla Crowder: Dying inside. The HIV/AIDS ward at Limestone prison. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2008. ISBN 9780472114290
- ^ "Judge Orders Alabama to Stop Segregation of HIV Prisoners in Alabama | American Civil Liberties Union". aclu.org. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ^ "Alabama Prison Guards Arrested for Severely Beating Elderly Imprisoned Man". 22 February 2024.
- ^ "NAACP takes up complaints over Limestone Correctional Facility from inmates' families". 25 August 2023.
- ^ https://whnt.com/news/athens/four-men-charged-with-bribery-and-using-position-for-personal-gain-in-limestone-county/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Family Asks for Answers About Man's Death in Alabama Prison". September 2023.
- ^ "Murder at Limestone is 100th Prison Homicide in Alabama Since DOJ Investigation". 7 March 2024.
- ^ https://whnt.com/news/athens/former-limestone-prison-inmate-details-drugs-death-inside-jail/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Family of deceased inmate whose body was returned without organs wants answers". ABC News.
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