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Jail Name:

Halifax Correctional Unit #23

Jail Type:

State Prison

State:

Virginia

County:

HALIFAX

City:

Halifax

Source:

Wikipedia

Description:

Halifax Correctional Unit is a level 1 minimum security facility that opened in 1955, and houses a maximum of 248 male inmates. The facility is consists of eight housing units and a segregation unit. The visiting and education annex is located next to the main facility. Segregation inmates are housed in cells, general population is held in open dormitories. Halifax Correctional Unit operates a textile industry which manufactures clothing and sheets, and employs 48 inmates. This correctional institution also has three large greenhouses and a crop field that encompasses over ten acres. Additionally, an agriculture meat production operation allows the inmate to work with Boer Goat. Halifax Correctional Unit offers inmates GED classes and quarterly testing. Offenders are provided medical, dental and mental health services while incarcerated. The substance abuse treatment program called "MATRIX" is provided at this facility. Pre-release programing at Halifax Correctional helps prepare offenders for their upcoming release and gives them the skills they will need to transition back into society

Opened:

1955

Security Class:

minimum

Same As:

https://vadoc.virginia.gov/facilities/central/halifax/

Photo URL:

https://vadoc.virginia.gov/facilities/central/halifax/images/halifax.jpg

Website URL:

https://vadoc.virginia.gov/facilities/central/halifax/

Address:

1200 Farm Road, Box 1789