Capacity: 1536
Client: Virginia Department of Corrections (VA DOC)
Accreditations: American Correctional Association (ACA) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Since 2003 the GEO Group has managed the Lawrenceville Correctional Center on behalf of the Virginia Department of Corrections.
The center offers multiple programming opportunities. The Virginia Department of Correctional Education oversees GEO’s educational and vocational services consisting of Adult Basic Education, Literacy Incentives Program, GED and vocational classes that include masonry, computer lab, electrical, commercial cleaning, horticulture, carpentry, and plumbing.
Lawrenceville Correctional Center features an administration building, a segregation unit, a vocational, education and medical building, four recreation yards, two gymnasiums, a laundry room, kitchen and outside warehouse. In addition, one housing unit is dedicated to serving as a Therapeutic Community and the Unit Management approach is used in all of the housing units.
The center received American Correctional Association (ACA) accreditation in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 with a score of 100.0%. It is of special recognition that initial accreditation was attained in only six and a half months after assumption of operations on March 23, 2003. The center received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) on October 31, 2003 and is re-accredited every three to five years.