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In 1928 the Moffett Prison Farm opened. It later received the name "Atmore Prison Farm." The facility burned down in 1949. In 1955 it was rebuilt and named for a prison guard who was killed at work. Davis opened in 1973. In periods of the 1970s the Fountain facility, built for 632 prisoners, instead
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had situations where "at any time the prisoners want to, they could take complete charge by force." On Friday, August 29, 1975, two U.S. district court federal judges,
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The prison may hold up to 855 medium-custody male prisoners. The prison has agricultural operations, cattle operations, and vegetable gardens. Fountain and
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In 1993, prisoners who did not want to work in the fields were shackled during work times. The prisoners filed lawsuits against this process.
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J. O. Davis Correctional Facility, an extension of Fountain, is a 400-prisoner unit. The unit was named after a previous Fountain warden.
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A fire damaged the Davis facility on March 30, 1995. By October 8, 1995, the Davis facility had been refurbished.
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The city of Atmore annexed the land in the prison in 2008. The Alabama DOC asked for the city to annex the land.
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Community College) offer vocational programs to the prisoners. The annual budget is $ 8,132,000.
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Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only)
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housed over 1,000. In 1975 John Boone, the director of the
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Buildings and structures in Escambia County, Alabama
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Atmore, Alabama
Alabama Department of Corrections
Alabama Department of Corrections
Atmore
Alabama
Alabama Highway 21
Coastal Alabama Community College
Jefferson Davis
National Campaign Against Prisons
Massachusetts
Draper Correctional Facility
William Brevard Hand
Frank M. Johnson Jr.
Holman Correctional Facility
"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Atmore city, AL"
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Fountain / JO Davis Correctional Facility
Archived
Wayback Machine
Alabama Department of Corrections



Fountain Correctional Facility
Alabama Department of Corrections
Why Wallace Has Returned to the Gutter

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