The following is a list of all KDOC facilities eligible for PREA audits. Under the federal PREA mandate, a correctional facility is audited once every three years in a rotating cycle, beginning in 2014 with three facilities and continuing with three each year.
As facilities are audited and their corresponding audit reports are submitted to the KDOC, the audit report will be posted here in the corresponding facility. Lack of an audit report indicates that an audit has not been completed.
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WCF is located in Cowley County in south central Kansas. The facility is located on the north side of the city of Winfield at the site of the former Winfield State Hospital and Training Center.
WCF serves a re-entry function designed to provide a smooth transition from an institutional setting to the community for residents expected to be paroled in the near future.
Wichita Work Release Facility, in Wichita, provides selected residents the opportunity for community reintegration prior to their actual release from custody. Residents are housed in the highly structured residential setting and are expected to become gainfully employed on a full-time basis in the community.
As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts with private vendors.
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| 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. |
| 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 closed in early 2009, reducing the capacity to 378. It was re-opened in June 2009, bringing the capacity back to 554 inmates. |
| 2010 | Pioneer Balloon opened a private industry onsite, employing up to 12 inmates at minimum wage jobs. |
| 2011 | WCF contracts with the Cowley County Jail to house up to 50 inmates in response to population increases within the KDOC. |
| 2013 | The Cowley County Jail contract ended. |
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| 1976 | Wichita Work Release began operation at North Fairmont as a co-correctional program in January 1976, with an initial capacity of 22 inmates. |
| 1978 | The program relocated to north Market and expanded its population capacity to 55 inmates. |
| 1984 | Population capacity increased to 76 inmates. |
| 1988 | Population capacity increased to 100 inmates. |
| 1989 | The program's capacity increased to 182 upon the KDOC's termination of its community residential contract with VIP, Inc. Those inmates from the VIP, Inc. contract were absorbed into WWRF in two buildings on north Market, the WWRF building and another leased by the KDOC to accommodate the influx. |
| 1990 | In November, the facility moved to its current location at Emporia and Waterman streets. Population capacity was 198 inmates: 188 male and 10 female. |
| 1996 | The administrations of Wichita Work Release Facility and Winfield Correctional Facility were combined, making WWRF a satellite unit of WCF. |
| 2002 | The women's work release program was transferred to Topeka. As a result, the capacity was expanded by 52 beds, resulting in a total capacity of 250 inmates. |
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