Lawrence Correctional Center Explained

Prison Name:	Lawrence Correctional Center
Status:	open
Classification:	maximum
Capacity:	2458
Opened:	2001

The Lawrence Correctional Center is a maximum security adult male prison of the Illinois Department of Corrections in Sumner, Illinois, approximately 65miles north of Evansville, Indiana. The prison was opened in November 2001 and has an operational capacity of 2,458 prisoners.^[1]

Notable Inmates

width=13%	Inmate Name	width=10%	Register Number	width=28%	Status	width=35%	Details
Diego Uribe	Y54915	Serving a life sentence without parole.^[2]	Main perpetrator of the 2016 Gage Park murders in which Uribe murdered six of his relatives.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Nicholas Sheley	K77192	Serving a life sentence without parole.	Murdered eight people in Illinois and Missouri in 2008.

References

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Notes and References

1. https://www.illinois.gov/idoc/facilities/Pages/lawrencecorrectionalcenter.aspx Lawrence Correctional Center.
2. Web site: 2022-11-07 . Man gets life in prison for murders of six family members in Gage Park - CBS Chicago . 2024-03-27 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
3. Web site: 2016-05-19 . Cousin and his girlfriend arrested for February murder of Chicago family of six . 2024-03-27 . New York Daily News . en-US.
4. Web site: Wong . Grace . 2016-05-20 . Charges shock friends of family slain in Gage Park: ‘I hugged this kid’ . 2024-03-27 . Chicago Tribune . en-US.
5. Web site: 2022-10-05 . Chicago man found guilty in murder of 6 family members . 2024-03-27 . AP News . en.