El Dorado Correctional Facility Explained

Prison Name:El Dorado Correctional Facility
Location:1737 SE US Highway 54
El Dorado, Kansas
Status:Open
Classification:Maximum
Capacity:1,511
Opened:1991
Managed By:Kansas Department of Corrections
Warden:Tommy Williams

The El Dorado Correctional Facility (abbreviated EDCF) is a maximum security prison located east of the city of El Dorado in rural Prospect Township, Butler County, Kansas, United States.

EDCF is the location of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Reception and Diagnostic Unit (RDU), which processes every male inmate when they are received into custody. RDU helps determine the inmate's custody level, mental health classification, and educational program needs before he is assigned to a facility.

EDCF has two general population cellhouses and one medium security dormitory. EDCF is administratively linked to two minimum security units, formerly "honor camps", one in El Dorado and one in Toronto, Kansas. In 2009, the announcement was made that the state would be closing both minimum security units, due to budget constraints. As of 2015, medium and minimum security units in Oswego were administratively part of EDCF.

EDCF is also the location of the state's de facto death row. Inmates sentenced to death are housed in administrative segregation ("AdSeg"). The state currently has nine inmates on death row.[1] Executions, however, take place at the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) in Lansing. The state has not had an execution since June 22, 1965, when spree killers George York and James Latham were hanged there.

History

The El Dorado Correctional Facility was established in 1991. It was built in response to a federal mandate to ease over-crowding at the state's other two maximum security prisons.[2] Expansion in 2001 brought two new general population cellhouses. The facility is expected to expand in the future.

The first escape in facility history occurred on October 28, 2007. Inmates Jesse Bell and Steven Ford escaped with the assistance of former corrections officer, Amber Goff.[3] The three were apprehended in Grants, New Mexico, less than three days later. Bell and Ford were arrested in an apartment complex parking lot. Goff was found asleep in the driver's seat of a car parked in the driveway of a nearby vacant Grants home; a stolen handgun was found under a newspaper next to her.[4]

In recent years, the state has considered relocating executions from the Lansing Correctional Facility to the El Dorado Correctional Facility.[5]

Notable inmates

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Adam Joseph Longoria0103280Serving a life sentence without parole.[6] Sexually assaulted and murdered Alicia DeBolt, a 14-year-old, in 2010.[7] [8] [9]
Dennis Rader0083707[10] Serving 10 life sentences without parole.[11] Serial killer also known as the "BTK Killer" who murdered 10 people between 1974-1991.[12] [13] [14]

Former Inmates

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Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.Sentenced to death in 2015.[15] [16] Died in May of 2021.[17] American white supremacist who committed the Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting in 2014, in which he murdered three people.[18] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jun/11/lives-10-kansas-inmates-death-row-quiet-solitary/ A look at the 10 Kansas inmates on death row
  2. https://liblime.com/2016/04/29/el-dorado-correctional-facility/ LibLime announces El Dorado Correctional Facility Selects Bibliovation
  3. News: Associated Press . Associated Press . April 5, 2008 . Lovesick prison guard who helped Kansas inmates escape says she feels used . foxnews.com . November 13, 2014.
  4. News: CBSNEWS/CBS/AP . October 31, 2007 . Escaped inmates, ex-guard caught in N.M.. cbsnews.com . November 13, 2014 .
  5. https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article177209471.html Kansas considers moving execution site to El Dorado
  6. Web site: 2012-06-26 . Alicia DeBolt murder: Kansas cheerleader's killer, Adam Longoria, sentenced to life term - CBS News . 2024-06-12 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2010-09-07 . Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen . 2024-06-12 . NBC News . en.
  8. Web site: Hayes . Kevin . 2010-08-27 . "Person of Interest" in Alicia DeBolt Murder Arrested; Adam Joseph Longoria Found - CBS News . 2024-06-12 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2012-03-24 . Trial looms for man accused of killing Kan. teen . 2024-06-12 . AP News . en.
  10. Web site: Rader, Dennis L. . November 12, 2014 . doc.ks.gov . . November 13, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304054126/http://www.doc.ks.gov/kasper/offenders?RaceName=&GenderName=&SupervisionCountyName=&ConvictionCountyName=&LocationName=&lastname=Rader&firstname=Dennis&middlename=&includealias=0&kdoc=&box1=&box2=&box3=&kbi=&thumbnails=1&race=&gender=&BirthRangeStart=&AGErangestart=&AGErangeend=&convictionCounty=&supervisionCounty=&Location=&Facility=&searching=Please+Wait... . March 4, 2012 . dead .
  11. https://www.npr.org/2005/08/18/4806125/btk-killer-sentenced-to-10-life-terms
  12. Web site: Huffstutter . P. J. . Simon . Stephanie . 2005-02-27 . Family Man Arrested in 10 Slayings . 2024-01-26 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  13. News: Davey . Monica . 2005-03-06 . Suspect in 10 Kansas Murders Lived an Intensely Ordinary Life . 2024-01-26 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  14. Web site: 2005-08-12 . 31 years of the BTK killer . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224153240/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8916264 . dead . February 24, 2021 . 2024-01-26 . NBC News . en.
  15. Web site: 2015-11-11 . Jewish Site Killings: Death Sentence for White Supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller . 2024-01-26 . NBC News . en.
  16. News: 2015-09-08 . Jurors recommend death sentence for white supremacist who killed three . 2024-01-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  17. Web site: 2021-05-04 . Man who fatally shot 3 at Kansas Jewish sites dies in prison . 2024-01-26 . AP News . en.
  18. Web site: Kansas Jewish Center Shooting Suspect Identified as Former KKK Leader . 2024-01-26 . ABC News . en.
  19. Web site: 2015-08-29 . Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. Trial: White Supremacist in Kansas Shootings Takes Stand . 2024-01-26 . NBC News . en.