The La Palma Correctional Facility is a privately owned and managed medium-security detention center for men, located in Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona, under contract with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry.
Location | 5501 N La Palma Road Eloy, Arizona |
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Status | open |
Security class | medium |
Capacity | 3060 |
Opened | 2008 |
Managed by | CoreCivic |
The facility opened in 2008, and houses 3060 inmates for the Arizona Department of Corrections,Rehabilitation, and Reentry.
La Palma is adjacent to three other prisons also run by CoreCivic: the Eloy Detention Center, the Red Rock Correctional Center, and the Saguaro Correctional Center.
Notable Inmates edit
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Michael Crane | 257302 | Serving a life sentence without parole.[1] | One of the perpetrators of the 2012 murders of Bruce Gaudet, and couple Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro.[2][3][4][5] |
Johnathan Doody | 103439 | Serving a life sentence. | One of the perpetrators of the 1991 Waddell Buddhist temple shooting in which 9 people are murdered.[6][7][8] |
References edit
- ^ https://apnews.com/cf4a415ac0a04395b7610e3c2b936548
- ^ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-5-suspects-formally-charged-in-arizona-murder-case-2012feb09-story.html
- ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-in-3-ariz-murders-squawks-like-bird-at-competency-hearing/
- ^ https://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-fire-deaths-ruled-arson-homicide/story?id=15495480
- ^ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/03/22/michael-crane-sentenced-murder-bruce-gaudet-glenna-lawrence-shapiro-phoenix-paradise-valley/2815545002/
- ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1993-07-13). "Man Convicted of Murdering 9 at Temple : Crime: Buddhist monks and nun were slain in what is called Arizona's biggest homicide. The killer, 19, could get the death penalty". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "BROTHER OF TEMPLE MONK IMPLICATED IN KILLINGS". Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "Affidavit Says Boy Confessed In Slaying Of Buddhist Monks". The New York Times. 1991-10-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-23.