Eloy Detention Center

Eloy Detention Center
Location 1705 E Hanna Road
Eloy, Arizona
Status open
Security class minimum & medium
Capacity 1596
Opened 1994
Managed by Corrections Corporation of America

The Eloy Detention Center is a private prison located in Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona, owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.[1][2] The facility opened in 1994.

It houses both male and female immigration detainees at a mix of minimum and medium security levels.

ICE's internal Office of Detention Oversight investigated the death of Eloy detainee Manuel Cota-Domingo in 2012, and found serious issues with the quality of medical care provided by CCA. [3] The facility had 15 detainee deaths between 2003 and late 2016, including five suicides.[4] Since 2003, Eloy alone represented 9% of the total inmate deaths in all 250 detention facilities in the United States. [5]

Eloy is adjacent to three other prisons also run by CCA: the Red Rock Correctional Center, the La Palma Correctional Facility, and the Saguaro Correctional Center.

References

  1. "Eloy Detention Center". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. "Eloy Detention Center". U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. Predergast, Curt (7 July 2016). "Medical care in Eloy detention center criticized". tuscon.com. Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. Guatemalan Detainee Dies In ICE Custody In Arizona. The Huffington Post. November 29, 2016.
  5. Daniel Gonzalez, Megan Jula (29 July 2015). "Eloy Detention Center: Why so many suicides?". Arizona Republic / azcentral.com. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

Coordinates: 32°49′04″N 111°31′13″W / 32.817763°N 111.520187°W / 32.817763; -111.520187

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