Saguaro Correctional Center
| Location | 1250 East Arica Road Eloy, Arizona |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | mixed |
| Capacity | 1926 |
| Opened | 2007 |
| Managed by | Corrections Corporation of America |
The Saguaro Correctional Center (SCC) is a private prison for male inmates, owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) located in Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona.
The prison contracts with the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. As of 2016 the prison, located in the Sonoran Desert, houses the majority of the State of Hawaii's male prison population.
Saguaro, which houses multiple security levels, is on Arizona State Highway 87, halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. Saguaro is adjacent to three other prisons also run by CCA: the Eloy Detention Center, the La Palma Correctional Facility, and the Red Rock Correctional Center. The nearest city with food and lodging is Casa Grande.
The $95 million Saguaro prison was dedicated on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. The opening meant that the Hawaii Department of Public Safety could consolidate prisoners who hada been held in Corrections Corporation of America private prisons in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. When the prison opened, 160 employees were hired, and some employees had experience working with Hawaiian convicts. The staff members attended a "Hawaiian diversity training class" on the day of the prison's dedication. Louise Grant said that the prison was intended to have 300 employees.
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