New Castle Correctional Facility

New Castle Correctional Facility
Location1000 Van Nuys Road
New Castle, Indiana, U.S.
Statusopen
Security classmixed
Capacityappr. 3,270
Opened2002
Managed byGEO Group

New Castle Correctional Facility is a privately run (but state-owned) prison located in New Castle, Indiana, United States. It opened in 2002. In September 2005, the state signed a contract with the for-profit GEO Group, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida, to run the prison. The facility is rated as minimum- to medium-security, but also has a maximum-security psychiatric unit and annex. It is currently the second-largest prison in Indiana, and can hold approximately 3,270 inmates.