Crossroads Correctional Center Explained

Prison Name:Crossroads Correctional Center
Location:Clinton County
Status:Operational
Classification:Maximum
Capacity:1,440
Opened:1997
Closed:2019
Managed By:Missouri Department of Corrections
Director:Anne L. Precythe
Governor:Mike Parson
Warden:Ronda J. Pash
Street-Address:1115 SE Pence Road
City:Cameron
County:Clinton County
State:Missouri
Zip:64429
Country:United States

Crossroads Correctional Center (CRCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Cameron, DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. (The town of Cameron straddles DeKalb and Clinton Counties.)[1] According to the official Official Manual State of Missouri the facility has a capacity of 1,440[2] maximum security prisoners.

The facility opened in 1997 and is immediately adjacent to the Western Missouri Correctional Center, which opened in 1988.[3] Crossroads was the first Missouri prison to install a perimeter electric fence with a lethal charge.[4]

Among the inmates of Crossroads are the kidnapper Michael J. Devlin from Kirkwood, Missouri, serving 74 life sentences,[5] [6] and the serial killers Lorenzo Gilyard and Daniel O. Jones.

In January 2019, Missouri Governor Mike Parsons announced that Crossroads Correctional Center would be closing. In July 2019 many of the offenders were transferred to one side of Western Missouri Correctional Center which is adjacent to CRCC, and others where transferred to prisons throughout the state.[7]

Notable Inmates

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Lorenzo Gilyard44287Serving a life sentence.Convicted of murdering 6 people.[8]
Daniel O. Jones170528Serving a life sentence.Convicted of murdering 4 people.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division of Adult Institutions . 2014-02-28 . 2015-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150718105012/http://doc.mo.gov/DAI/Institutional_Facilities.php . dead .
  2. https://www.sos.mo.gov/BlueBook/2011-2012/6_Corr.pdf page 290
  3. Web site: Correctional Centers Cameron, MO. www.cameron-mo.com. 2020-03-05.
  4. Web site: NCJRS Abstract - National Criminal Justice Reference Service. www.ncjrs.gov. en. 2020-03-05.
  5. Web site: Michael Devlin stabbed in prison with 'ice pick'. Frankel. Todd. STLtoday.com. en. 2020-03-05.
  6. Web site: Missouri Department Of Corrections #1168943.
  7. Web site: With Few Inmates Left, Missouri Prison Nears Closure . . 2019-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607093911/https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri/articles/2019-07-13/with-few-inmates-left-missouri-prison-nears-closure . 2021-06-07 . live.
  8. Web site: Missouri serial killer gets life in prison. NBC News. April 13, 2007. https://archive.today/20210606200520/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18094211. June 6, 2021. June 6, 2021. live.
  9. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-kc-man-convicted-of/99567661/