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Algoa Correctional Center
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Algoa Correctional Center is a state prison located in Cole County, Missouri. Rated capacity: 1,565. Reported population: 1,530. Security level: Minimum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
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. 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.
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Capacity
1,565
Current population
1,530
Occupancy
98%
Year opened
1932
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1932
Region
Missouri
Security level
Minimum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
1/100
Low concern1/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
This facility scores 1. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 1 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 98% · peers avg: 93% (+5%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1565 · peers avg: 547 (+186%)
Reports
- marshall-project24 Feb 2023
better chance at parole. They did so with the blessing of the judge in my case, who had retired and apologized for imposing such a long sentence on a teenager . I walked out of Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Nov. 9, 2022 — exactly one year after my successful parole hearing. The weather was great, and my family was waiting for me. So were my attorneys and Evelyn Baker,
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q18148275)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Algoa Correctional Center. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/algoa-correctional-center
Chicago
"Algoa Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/algoa-correctional-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-algoa-correctional-center,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Algoa Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/algoa-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}