Staton Correctional Facility

Staton Correctional Facility
Location	2690 Marion Spillway Road, Elmore, Alabama
Security class	medium security
Capacity	1376
Opened	June 1978
Managed by	Alabama Department of Corrections
Director	Leon Forniss

Staton Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama. The facility opened in June 1978 and was named for Thomas F. Staton, former chairman of the Board of Corrections for the state.^[1] Staton, in a partnership with J. F. Ingram State Technical College, provides technical and vocational training for inmates in a variety of disciplines.^[2]

Elmore is the site of three Alabama state prisons: Staton, Draper Correctional Facility which is immediately adjacent, and the Elmore Correctional Facility about a mile to the east.

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Coordinates: 32°34′39″N 86°20′13″W / 32.57751°N 86.33698°W / 32.57751; -86.33698

Alabama Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Bibb Bullock Donaldson Draper Easterling Elmore Fountain / JO Davis Hamilton Aged & Infirmed Holman Kilby Limestone Montgomery Women's Facility♀ St. Clair Staton Tutwiler♀ Ventress

Closed	Farquhar Cattle Ranch Wetumpka State Penitentiary

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only)

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