| Opened: |
1939 |
| Warden: |
James DeLoach |
| Phone: |
(334) 567-2221 |
| Mailing Address: |
P.O. Box 1107
Elmore, AL 36025 |
| Street Address: |
2828 Alabama Highway 143
Elmore, AL 36025 |
| Capacity: |
1145 |
Draper was constructed in 1939 with a
capacity for 600 first-time male felony offenders. Located in Elmore
County on State Highway 143, the facility replaced the Speigner
Reformatory. The current inmate population is housed in seven
dormitory-style cellblocks and a 47-inmate capacity segregation unit.
Draper’s
stated goal is to maintain an appropriate level of security that will
eliminate escapes and present no dangerous threats to the community,
while at the same time providing an adequate housing, education and
productive work for the inmates. Each inmate has an assigned job within
the institution, on a large farming operation, a furniture plant, or a
vehicle garage.