Fountain Correctional Facility
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G.K. Fountain Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections
prison located in unincorporated Escambia County
, Alabama
. The 8200 acres (3,318.4 ha) facility is located along Alabama Highway 21, about 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Atmore
.
The prison may hold up to 855 medium custody male prisoners. The prison has agricultural operations, cattle operations, and vegetable gardens. Fountain and Jefferson Davis Community College
offer vocational programs to the prisoners. The annual budget is $8,132,000.
J. O. Davis Correctional Facility, an extension of Fountain, is a 400 prisoner unit. The unit was named after a previous Fountain warden.
, said that Fountain and the Draper Correctional Facility 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, William Brevard Hand and Frank M. Johnson Jr., prevented Alabama authorities from sending any more prisoners to Fountain, Draper, Holman Correctional Facility
, and the Medical and Diagnostic Center, due to overcrowding; the four prisons, designed to hold 2,212 prisoners, were holding about 3,800.
A fire damaged the Davis facility in March 30, 1995. By October 8, 1995 the Davis facility had been refurbished.
Alabama Department of Corrections
The Alabama Department of Corrections, commonly referred to as , is the agency responsible for incarceration of convicted felons in the state of Alabama in the United States. It is headquartered in the Alabama Criminal Justice Center in Montgomery....
prison located in unincorporated Escambia County
Escambia County, Alabama
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.1% White*31.9% Black*4.4% Native American*0.2% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.5% Two or more races*1.9% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. The 8200 acres (3,318.4 ha) facility is located along Alabama Highway 21, about 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Atmore
Atmore, Alabama
Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 7,676. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7,530. The city was named for Mr. C.P. Atmore....
.
The prison may hold up to 855 medium custody male prisoners. The prison has agricultural operations, cattle operations, and vegetable gardens. Fountain and Jefferson Davis Community College
Jefferson Davis Community College
Jefferson Davis Community College is a community college located in Brewton, Alabama. Founded in 1964, the college was named in honor of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.- External links :*...
offer vocational programs to the prisoners. The annual budget is $8,132,000.
J. O. Davis Correctional Facility, an extension of Fountain, is a 400 prisoner unit. The unit was named after a previous Fountain warden.
History
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 with a new name, after a prison guard killed while working. Davis opened in 1973. In periods of the 1970s the Fountain facility, built for 632 prisoners, instead housed over 1,000. In 1975 John Boone, the director of the National Campaign Against Prisons and a former prison commissioner in MassachusettsMassachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, said that Fountain and the Draper Correctional Facility 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, William Brevard Hand and Frank M. Johnson Jr., prevented Alabama authorities from sending any more prisoners to Fountain, Draper, Holman Correctional Facility
Holman Correctional Facility
Holman Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated southwestern Escambia County, Alabama. The facility is along Alabama State Highway 21, north of Atmore....
, and the Medical and Diagnostic Center, due to overcrowding; the four prisons, designed to hold 2,212 prisoners, were holding about 3,800.
A fire damaged the Davis facility in March 30, 1995. By October 8, 1995 the Davis facility had been refurbished.