Lake Erie Correctional Institution

Lake Erie Correctional Institution

Location	501 Thompson Road Conneaut, Ohio
Coordinates	41°56′45.41″N 80°32′16.3″W
Status	open
Security class	medium and minimum
Capacity	1498
Opened	2000; owned by CoreCivic since 2012
Managed by	CoreCivic

The Lake Erie Correctional Institution is a minimum- and medium-security prison for men located in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.[1]

The facility first opened in 2000, has been owned by CCA since 2012, and has a working population of 1750 state inmates.[2]

Lake Erie was the first sale of a state prison in the United States to a private company.[3]

In 2012, Ohio state auditors deducted $500,000 from its contract at Lake Erie for violations such as understaffing, which had given rise to a high rate of violence and smuggled drugs.[3]

References

1. "Lake Erie Correctional Institution". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
2. "Lake Erie Correctional Institution". Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
3. Kirkham, Chris (22 March 2013). "Lake Erie Prison Plagued By Violence And Drugs After Corporate Takeover". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

41°56′46″N 80°32′17″W