The Denmar Correctional Center (DCC) is a state

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located near Hillsboro in Pocahontas County,

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. Built on the site of the former Denmar Hospital (a facility for

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patients which closed in 1990), DCC was converted to a prison in 1993. A further building project was completed in 2000, including an Industries/Vocational Building.

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