La Palma Correctional Facility
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Location5501 N La Palma Road
Eloy, Arizona
Statusopen
Security classmedium
Capacity3060
Opened2008
Managed byCoreCivic

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.

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

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
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

  1. ^ https://apnews.com/cf4a415ac0a04395b7610e3c2b936548
  2. ^ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-5-suspects-formally-charged-in-arizona-murder-case-2012feb09-story.html
  3. ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-in-3-ariz-murders-squawks-like-bird-at-competency-hearing/
  4. ^ https://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-fire-deaths-ruled-arson-homicide/story?id=15495480
  5. ^ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/03/22/michael-crane-sentenced-murder-bruce-gaudet-glenna-lawrence-shapiro-phoenix-paradise-valley/2815545002/
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "BROTHER OF TEMPLE MONK IMPLICATED IN KILLINGS". Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  8. ^ "Affidavit Says Boy Confessed In Slaying Of Buddhist Monks". The New York Times. 1991-10-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

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