The La Palma Correctional Facility is a privately owned and managed medium-security detention center for men, located in
Eloy,
Pinal County, Arizona
Pinal County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, the population of the county was 425,264, making it Arizona's third-most populous county. The county seat is Florence. The county was founded in 187 ...
, under contract with
ICE
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.
The facility opened in 2008, and houses 3060 immigrants.
La Palma is adjacent to three other prisons also run by CoreCivic: the
Eloy Detention Center, the
Red Rock Correctional Center
The Red Rock Correctional Facility is a medium-security, privately owned and operated state prison for men located in Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona, owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the Arizona Depa ...
, and the
Saguaro Correctional Center
The Saguaro Correctional Center (SCC) is a private prison for male inmates, owned and operated by CoreCivic located in Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona.
The prison contracts with the Hawaii Department of Public Safety as well as the Idaho Departmen ...
.
References
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Prisons in Arizona
Buildings and structures in Pinal County, Arizona
CoreCivic
2008 establishments in Arizona