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Algoa Correctional Center (ACC) is a minimum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. It houses approximately 1600 inmates, with a staff of approximately 470. It is located at 8501 No More Victims Road, Jefferson City, MO 65101.[1]
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Algoa Correctional Center is the only male institution in the state of Missouri that offers the IFI Program. The IFI program is also in the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center.
On May 12, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed on the basis of cruel and unusual punishment due to the dangerously high temperatures in Algoa's housing units, especially for solitary confinement chambers.[2] Air conditioning at the facility is limited to staff-only areas.[3]
Notable inmates
[edit]- Bobby Bostic, transferred from Jefferson City Correctional Center in 2021 to serve the final year of his sentence.
- Chuck Berry served time in Algoa from 1944 to 1947.
References
[edit]- ^ "Algoa Correctional Center". Missouri Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Scott, Ivy (2025-05-14). "Missouri prisons get 'brutally hot.' In solitary, it's even worse". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ Lippmann, Rachel (2025-05-12). "Missouri sued over excessive heat at prison in Jefferson City". STLPR. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
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