Mabel Bassett Correctional Center

Mabel Bassett, located in McLoud, opened in 1974 and houses about 1,100 inmates in a minimum, medium and maximum security setting depending on the offender's crime. The facility serves as the state's only maximum security prison for female inmates.

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Mabel Basset Assessment and Reception Capacity (Maximum Security)

Unit C 2	93
Total	93

Mabel Bassett Correction Center Capacity (Medium Security)

Unit C 1	302
Unit C 2	202
Unit D 1 (MSU)	264
SHU (inc. 2 death row cells)	35
Unit C 3	273
Total	1,076

Mabel Bassett, located in McLoud, opened in 1974 and houses about 1,100 inmates in a minimum, medium and maximum security setting depending on the offender's crime.

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