Winfield Correctional Facility

 Winfield Correctional Facility

Overview

Winfield Correctional Facility (WCF), a part of the Kansas Department of Corrections, is an all-male, minimum-security state prison located in Cowley County in south central Kansas. WCF is located on the north side of Winfield at the site of the former Winfield State Hospital & Training Center.

Quick statistics

Capacity: 554 minimum-custody male inmates

Phone number:  (620) 221-6660
For additional contact information, click on the Contacts page.

Mailing address for correspondence: 

(Inmate Name and Number)
Winfield Correctional Facility
1806 Pinecrest Circle
Winfield, KS  67156

Inmate Deposits: All funds for deposit to an inmate's trust account shall be in the form of a money order, a cashier's check or a certified check. These funds are to be made payable to the "Kansas Department of Corrections." No other correspondence shall be included with the funds deposit. These funds shall be sent directly to the centralized banking location. All funds being sent to inmates by family or friends must be mailed, along with the required deposit coupon, to:

Kansas Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 187
Lansing, KS  66043

For more information regarding inmate banking, please click on the Inmate Banking page.

E-Mail and Electronic Deposits

Inmates now have e-mail and family can send money electronically. Please go to J-Pay for more information.

Programs

Academic Education                  30 - ½ time slots
Special Education                      10 slots
Pre-Release                              30 slots
Vocational (Aramark)                 6 slots 

Correctional Industries

    Aramark.................................. 6 slots   

Community Service Work

Inmates at Winfield Correctional Facility provide thousands of hours of community service work each year to non-profit entities after certification that the service work will not displace community-available jobs. This program provides labor for those approved agencies and provides inmates with valuable job skills and work ethics that they can utilize upon release. Long-term community service work includes:

American Legion-El Dorado
Butler County
• City of Arkansas City
• City of El Dorado
• City of Wichita   
• City of Winfield    
• Cowley County Humane Society
• Lion’s Club Sight Project                  
• Kansas Department of Transportation 
• Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks

History 

1984    Winfield Pre-Release Center opened on the grounds of the Winfield State Hospital, providing primarily pre-release programming services. The population capacity was 141 inmates.

1989    Having expanded both in terms of size and facility mission, the name of the facility was changed to Winfield Correctional Facility. The population capacity was 290 inmates.

1996    Winfield State Hospital closed.  As a result, Winfield Correctional Facility absorbed many buildings and the infrastructure and support units from the hospital. During the transition, an additional dorm was added, increasing the capacity to 522 inmates. In September, the administrations of Winfield Correctional Facility and  Wichita Work Release Facility were combined.

1998    A therapeutic community substance abuse treatment program was implemented at the facility.

2000    InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI), a 12-18 month, values-based pre-release program, began operation in March with the capacity to serve 158 inmates.

2002    In June, IFI was transferred from Winfield to Ellsworth Correctional Facility.

2003    The therapeutic community program was closed effective January 31, 2003.

2004    The population capacity was increased to 556 inmates.

2007    Due to renovations, the capacity decreased to 554 inmates.

2009    Due to budget constraints, B Unit was taken off-line in early 2009, reducing the capacity to 378.  It was brought back on-line in June 2009, bringing the capacity back to 554 inmates.

"A Safer Kansas Through Effective Correctional Services"