United States · Kansas · El Dorado
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El Dorado Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Butler County, Kansas. Rated capacity: 1,693. Reported population: 1,503. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
The El Dorado Correctional Facility (abbreviated EDCF) is a maximum security prison located east of the city of El Dorado in rural Prospect Township, Butler County, Kansas, United States. EDCF is the location of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Reception and Diagnostic Unit (RDU), which processes every male inmate when they are received into custody. RDU helps determine the inmate's custody level, mental health classification, and educational program needs before he is assigned to a facility. EDCF has two general population cellhouses and one medium security dormitory. EDCF is administratively linked to two minimum security units, formerly "honor camps", one in El Dorado and one in Toronto, Kansas.
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Capacity
1,693
Current population
1,503
Occupancy
89%
Year opened
1991
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Operator
Kansas Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1991
Region
Kansas
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
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Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), better known by his pseudonym BTK (for "bind, torture, kill"), is an American serial killer and mass murderer who killed at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991.
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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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I’m helping myself. I’m in here for taking someone else’s life. Now I’m saving people’s lives. That’s how I look at it. Louis Dixon, 27 Job : Unemployed grass cutter Location : El Dorado Correctional Facility, El Dorado, Kansas Monthly income : $0 For years, when I first got locked up, my mother was the only person I had to take care of me. She was barely able to, but she sent me $20 whenever she
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World Prisons. (2026). El Dorado Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/el-dorado-correctional-facility
"El Dorado Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/el-dorado-correctional-facility.
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title = {El Dorado Correctional Facility},
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