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Potosi Correctional Center
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Potosi Correctional Center is a state prison located in Washington County, Missouri. Rated capacity: 852. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
852
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
Missouri
Security level
Maximum
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.
Notable inmates
- Marcellus Williams1968–2024
Felicia "Lisha" Anne Picus (née Gayle; February 6, 1956 â August 11, 1998) was an American journalist murdered during a burglary at her home in University City, Missouri, on August 11, 1998.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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 peersCapacity (beds)this: 852 · peers avg: 547 (+56%)
Reports
- marshall-project30 Sept 2022
passed through the prison gates, I took on the persona of a deadly gangster. I did things that landed me in “the hole” — slang for administrative segregation — over and over. At Potosi Correctional Center, the Level 5 maximum security prison in Missouri where I’m currently serving life without parole for murder, the hole is typically a 7-by-9 foot cement room. This room has a steel door with a
Data completeness
68%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
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q7235112)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Potosi Correctional Center. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/potosi-correctional-center
Chicago
"Potosi Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/potosi-correctional-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-potosi-correctional-center,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Potosi Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/potosi-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-24}
}