Potosi Correctional Center
| Location | 11593 State Highway O Mineral Point, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°56′11″N 90°44′12″W / 37.93639°N 90.73667°W |
| Status | open |
| Security class | Maximum, Death Row |
| Capacity | 800 |
| Population | 897 (112.1%) (as of June 30, 2012) |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Managed by | Missouri Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Heather Cofer |
| Street address | 11593 State Highway O |
| City | Mineral Point |
| County | Washington |
| State/province | Missouri |
| ZIP Code | 63660 |
| Country | USA |
| Website | https://doc.mo.gov/node/541 |
Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, near Mineral Point. The facility houses 897 inmates as of the 2020 U.S. census. It is a Level 5 maximum security prison for male inmates.
The facility, which opened in 1989, is a maximum security prison. In 1989 it had about 200 prisoners.
Shortly after the prison's opening, the majority of the non-death row prisoners at Potosi were serving long sentences, such as life imprisonment without parole, or sentences with a 50-year minimum before parole eligibility. A small number had shorter sentences.