Deerfield Correctional Center

Deerfield Correctional Center
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Location21360 Deerfield Road
Capron, Virginia
Coordinates36°43′46″N 77°14′45″W / 36.72944°N 77.24583°W / 36.72944; -77.24583
Statusmixed
Security classLevel 2 (medium)
Capacity1,080
Opened1994
Managed byVirginia Department of Corrections

The Deerfield Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections.[1] The facility was opened in 1994 and has a working capacity of 1,080 prisoners.

It houses a special population of "Geriatric and Assisted Living Inmates": elderly, infirm, disabled and other special-needs prisoners. The number of elderly prisoners has increased in Virginia's inmate population since the Commonwealth's abolition of parole in 1994.[2] It is a level-two security prison (medium).[3]

The site is adjacent to Virginia's former Southampton Correctional Center, which was established in 1938 as an agricultural facility. By 1955 Southampton had developed as a campus that included a livestock operation, a cannery, and a sewage disposal facility. Through prisoner labor, the facility supplied 80% of its own food.[4] Southampton was closed in January 2009 and was demolished soon after.[5]

References

  1. ^ "VADOC — Facilities & Offices". www.vadoc.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. ^ Sieff, Kevin (9 September 2010). "Virginia's prison system struggles to handle the surge in elderly inmates". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ "VA DOC - Deerfield Correctional Center & Inmate Search - Capron, VA". www.inmateaid.com. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  4. ^ Lind, Andrew (8 August 2015). "Offenders Grow Crops at Southampton Prison Farm". The Tidewater News. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Southampton Prison to be Demolished". Virginian Pilot. 29 Jan 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2016.