| Prison Name: | Elmore Correctional Facility |
| Status: | open |
| Classification: | minimum security |
| Capacity: | 1176 |
| Opened: | 1981 |
| Managed By: | Alabama Department of Corrections |
Elmore Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison for men, located in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama. The facility has an operating capacity of 1176 and was first opened in 1981 with temporary modular dormitories.[1]
Elmore is the site of three Alabama state prisons: Staton Correctional Facility and Draper Correctional Facility, which are adjacent to one another, and Elmore about a mile to the east.
Elmore inmate Johnny Lee Spears was stabbed to death by another prisoner on March 25, 2016,[2] and another prisoner was stabbed and wounded in April, in July a third inmate was killed, stabbed by another prisoner.[3] In July 2006, an additional 400 beds were added, bringing the total capacity to 1,264 inmates and was critically understaffed, with 72 of its 169 guard positions filled.[4]