The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility (MPCF) is an

Iowa Department of Corrections The Iowa Department of Corrections is a state agency operating prisons in Iowa. It has its headquarters in Des Moines. Facilities The Iowa Department of Corrections operates nine adult facilities through the state. Iowa does not contract with p ...

correctional institution A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

located in Mount Pleasant,

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. As of 30 July 2010, the institution has 1100 inmates and another 44Iowa Department of Corrections - Daily Statistics - 30 July 2010. in segregation in a 775-inmate facility. The facility has about 340 staff members. The MPCF primarily houses inmates with treatable

personality disorder Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture ...

s and substance abuse problems. The facility specializes in treating

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and those having substance abuse problems. The facility also works to help inmates transition to life on the outside. The correctional facility is located on the same campus as the

Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute The Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute was a psychiatric institution located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA. Originally known as the Iowa Lunatic Asylum, it opened in 1861.Kirkbride BuildingsMount Pleasant State Hospital/ref> It is located on t ...

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