The Willacy County State Jail is a privately owned private security jail for men located in Raymondville, Willacy County, Texas, operated by Correction Corporation of America under contract with the Texas Criminal Justice Department. CCA has run the facility since 2004, and has an official capacity of 1069 inmates.
The facility is adjacent to two other private prison sites: the Willacy County Prison Center, operated by the Management and Training Company for the federal government and closed in 2015, and the Willacy County Detention Center, also operated by MTC for the federal government.
The facility was first opened by Wackenhut, now the GEO Group, in 1996. On April 26, 2001, inmate Gregorio De La Rosa, Jr. beaten to death by other prisoners. This incident caused $ 42.5 million in civil settlement against Wackenhut.
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