Status open Phone +1 440-599-4100 | Security class medium and minimum Capacity 1,498 | |
Location 501 Thompson RoadConneaut, Ohio Opened 2000; owned by CCA since 2012 Managed by Corrections Corporation of America Similar State Correctio Institution, Crawford County Correctio, State Correctio Institution, Erie County Prison, Ashtabula County Jail | ||
The Lake Erie Correctional Institution is a minimum- and medium-security prison for men located in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
The facility first opened in 2000, has been owned by CCA since 2012, and has a working population of 1750 state inmates.
Lake Erie was the first sale of a state prison in the United States to a private company.
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.
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