Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility
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| Location | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | maximum security |
| Capacity | 2542 |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Managed by | Corrections Corporation of America |
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (TCCF) is a private prison for men, authorized by the Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The maximum-security facility is located in unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, near Tutwiler in the Mississippi Delta. Since its opening with 352 prisoners, the prison has expanded capacity nearly ninefold, holding 2672 inmates by October 2008. It has housed inmates from Wisconsin, Colorado, Hawaii and California, in addition to prisoners from Louisiana and Mississippi. As of 2010 the facility serves as a county jail and also houses more than 1,000 prisoners from California. Since 2013, it has not held Mississippi state prisoners.
The prison opened in March 2000 with 352 prisoners. It is one of six private prisons constructed to hold state prisoners. As of early 2017, three are still operating for the state. (One of these was closed in September 2016.) The facility is located on a 149-acre (60 ha) plot of land located along U.S. Highway 49, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Tutwiler, 12 miles (19 km) south of Clarksdale, and 85 miles (137 km) from Memphis International Airport. 27 acres (11 ha) of the prison property are fenced and used as the prison. By 2008 the prison held 2,672 prisoners, and competing California gang members erupted in a violent riot. Additional such incidents have occurred. Legally the prison's capacity is 2,800 prisoners. In September 2005 the facility was accredited by the American Correctional Association.
As of 2016[update] the county has no hotel facilities, so families visiting inmates must stay in hotels in other counties.
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