Plainfield Correctional Facility

Plainfield Correctional Facility

Location	Plainfield, Indiana
Status	open
Capacity	1658
Opened	1969
Managed by	Indiana Department of Corrections

Plainfield Correctional Facility is a prison for men of the Indiana Department of Correction located in Plainfield, Indiana.^[1]

The facility opened in 1969 as the Indiana Youth Center.^[2]

As of 2016, the prison housed 1,659 inmates, and employed 333 staff.^[3]

Notable inmates

Mike Tyson (assigned to the Indiana Youth Center in April 1992,^[4] released on March 25, 1995^[5]) Tyson had to serve additional time after he threatened a guard, although full details of this were not released.^[6]

^ "Plainfield Correctional Facility." Indiana Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 27, 2010.
^ "2009 Annual Report." Indiana Department of Correction. 49 (49/100). Retrieved on August 27, 2010.
^ Offender Population Statistical Report, February 2016
^ "Mike Tyson Assigned To Indiana Youth Center." Orlando Sentinel. April 16, 1992. Retrieved on August 27, 2010.
^ "BOXING; Tyson to Be Released Today." The New York Times. March 25, 1995. Retrieved on August 27, 2010.
^ Bill Brubaker (1993-02-14). "TYSON'S DESCENT FROM GLORY CONTINUES IN DEPTHS OF PRISON". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.