Arizona at Your Service/ State of AZ Web Portal 

  
 Home |  Event Calendar | FAQs | Site Map
About ADC
Inside ADC
Most Visited
 

Arizona Department of Corrections

Arizona State Prison Complex - PERRYVILLE History

Three units of the Perryville Complex, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, and San Juan, opened over a period of several months in 1981 for minimum and medium custody male inmates. Santa Maria Unit, for all custody levels of female inmates, began admitting inmates in May 1982. The design capacity for the four units is 2,208. In1990, double bunking in all four units added 808 beds to the total, bringing the designated capacity for the complex to 2,208.

ASP-Yuma, a 250-bed adult male prison which opened in 1987 as a part of the $72 million 1986-87 building program, became a part of the Perryville Complex in October 1992.


Return to ADC Perryville Prison Page

Return To ...

Home/ Early Agency History

ADC Prisons

Agency History

Remembrance ©

Article ["Prisons"]  [Milestones]

Women In Corrections

100 Years: Inmate Admissions until 1972

Life/Death Sentences 1875-1966

Death Penalty History

ADC Badges & Patches

ADC Director History

Legal Issues

ASPC Prison History


Copyright © 2005 Arizona Department of Corrections All Rights Reserved