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| Location | 1000 Jim Hammock Drive McRae-Helena, Georgia |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | low security |
| Capacity | 2275 |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Managed by | CoreCivic |
McRae Correctional Facility is a privately managed, low-security prison for men, owned and operated by theCoreCivic since 2000 under contract with theFederal Bureau of Prisons for federal prisoners.[1]
The maximum capacity of the prison is 2275. It stands inMcRae-Helena,Telfair County, Georgia.[2]
In 2014Azadeh N. Shahshahani of theACLU of Georgia reported that McRae and another private federal prison in Georgia showed "a record of violations of constitutional and Bureau of Prisons standards governing the medical treatment of prisoners" and other issues. McRae is known as a "criminal alien requirement" (CAR) prison, meaning that it houses only aliens who will face deportation once they complete their sentences.[3][4]
In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provided less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings. The agency expects to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire.[5]
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