La Palma Correctional Facility Explained
| Prison Name: | La Palma Correctional Facility |
| Status: | open |
| Classification: | medium |
| Capacity: | 3060 |
| Opened: | 2008 |
The La Palma Correctional Facility is a privately owned and managed medium-security detention center for men, located in Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona, under contract with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry.
The facility opened in 2008, and houses 3,060 inmates for the Arizona Department of Corrections,Rehabilitation, and Reentry.
La Palma is adjacent to three other prisons also run by CoreCivic: the Eloy Detention Center, the Red Rock Correctional Center, and the Saguaro Correctional Center.
Notable Inmates
| width=13% | Inmate Name | width=10% | Register Number | width=28% | Status | width=35% | Details |
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| Michael Crane | 257302 | Serving a life sentence without parole.[1] | One of the perpetrators of the 2012 murders of Bruce Gaudet, and couple Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro.[2] [3] [4] [5] |
| Johnathan Doody | 103439 | Serving a life sentence. | One of the perpetrators of the 1991 Waddell Buddhist temple shooting in which 9 people are murdered.[6] [7] [8] | |
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: 2019-03-23 . Arizona man gets 3 life terms for 2012 triple killings . 2024-06-12 . AP News . en-US.
- Web site: 2012-02-09 . 5 suspects formally charged in Arizona murder case . 2024-06-12 . San Diego Union-Tribune . en-US.
- Web site: Leibowitz . Barry . 2012-03-26 . Suspect in 3 Ariz. murders squawks like bird at competency hearing - CBS News . 2024-06-12 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
- Web site: Arizona Fire Deaths Ruled Arson-Homicide . 2024-06-12 . ABC News . en.
- Web site: Castle . Lauren . Triple-murderer Michael Crane laughs at victims' families during his sentencing . 2024-06-12 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
- Web site: Archives . L. A. Times . 1993-07-13 . Man Convicted of Murdering 9 at Temple : Crime: Buddhist monks and nun were slain in what is called Arizona's biggest homicide. The killer, 19, could get the death penalty. . 2024-01-23 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Web site: BROTHER OF TEMPLE MONK IMPLICATED IN KILLINGS . 2024-01-23.
- News: 1991-10-31 . Affidavit Says Boy Confessed In Slaying Of Buddhist Monks . 2024-01-23 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
