Visitation at WWRF is from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday, and the following four holidays:
Christmas Day Memorial Day Fourth of July Thanksgiving Day
If either Christmas Day or the Fourth of July holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday or other day where a facility has regularly scheduled visitation, the holiday will be incorporated within the regular visitation schedule and an additional visitation day will NOT be scheduled.
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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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Participating residents must maintain full-time employment in the community. From their wages, the residents must pay a room and board fee, transportation expenses, court costs, restitution, dependent support and other outstanding debts. They also must accumulate savings prior to release from custody. At the same time, participants are responsible for their own medical and dental expenses and maintenance of their room as well as general use areas of the facility.
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401 S. Emporia St.
Wichita, KS 67202
Phone: (316) 265-5211 ext. 200 or ext. 232
Fax: (316) 262-5936
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Click here for the WWRF Transition Center Portal
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Warden Paul Snyder
Paul Snyder was named warden for Winfield Correctional Facility in November 2018 after having served as warden at El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF) since April 2018.
Snyder, who previously served as deputy warden at Winfield Correctional Facility, began his career with the KDOC in 1993 as a corrections officer at EDCF. Snyder, who also worked at Ellsworth Correctional Facility, rose steadily through the ranks to become a corrections supervisor, a unit team manager and then deputy warden in 2010. He first served as EDCF’s deputy warden of programs before transitioning into the position of deputy warden of support services. He then was named the deputy warden at the Wichita Work Release Facility before becoming the deputy warden at Winfield Correctional Facility in 2016.
Snyder earned his associate’s degree in administrative justice from Butler County Community College and a bachelor’s degree in human resources and organizational leadership from Rasmussen College.
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Paul Snyder was named warden for Winfield Correctional Facility in November 2018 after having served as warden at El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF) since April 2018.
Snyder, who previously served as deputy warden at Winfield Correctional Facility, began his career with the KDOC in 1993 as a corrections officer at EDCF. Snyder, who also worked at Ellsworth Correctional Facility, rose steadily through the ranks to become a corrections supervisor, a unit team manager and then deputy warden in 2010. He first served as EDCF’s deputy warden of programs before transitioning into the position of deputy warden of support services. He then was named the deputy warden at the Wichita Work Release Facility before becoming the deputy warden at Winfield Correctional Facility in 2016.
Snyder earned his associate’s degree in administrative justice from Butler County Community College and a bachelor’s degree in human resources and organizational leadership from Rasmussen College.
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Programs
Pre-Release Vocational (Aramark) GED
Correctional Industries
Aramark.................................. 6 slots
Pioneer Balloon....................... 12 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:
Other Programs
Inmates also can participate in Reaching Out from Within, al self-help program for inmates who are committed to change and to giving back to the community.
Reaching Out From Within is a Kansas City-based non-profit organization founded in 1982 by violence prevention advocate and author SuEllen Fried. The program is dedicated to providing programs that prevent violence in our community. By breaking the cycle of violence, participants become contributing members of their families and society. Incarcerated men and women lead meetings using a curriculum written by offenders that teaches life skills and encourages them to make positive changes in their lives.
The WCF program began in 1994. Meetings, which are open to every inmate in the facility, are held two nights each week. During the meetings, inmates work with various materials and reference books that help in their quest to learn new ways to meet life's challenges and change their behavior. Select program participants, who have met special criteria, routinely speak to students and other groups in their community about choices and consequences.
Giving back to society in a meaningful way is one of the core beliefs of the program. The group gives back to society by supporting charities.
For more information, see the Reaching Out From Within website at http://www.rofw.org.
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(Updated April 7, 2021)
Visitors must be approved through the KDOC application process and create an account on www.ICSolutions.com; and be approved on that site as well. Once approved, visits can be scheduled through the visitation scheduler at www.ICSolutions.com for video visit and in person visitation. All visitors including minors must be approved through ICSolutions and be scheduled for the visit date. Visitors that arrive that have not been scheduled on www.ICSolutions.com will be denied. Visitation must be scheduled 72 hours in advance for WCF and no sooner than three weeks prior to the visit day.
WCF Residents are scheduled visitation based on incentive level and last name. Please be aware of the days that residents are allowed to visit based on these factors. Residents will be able to tell you their incentive level. Staff cannot release this information to the public. If a visit is scheduled for a resident on a day he is not allowed to visit, the visit will be cancelled by staff.
Visit days are as follows:
Visitation times for each day are as follows:
Residents may only have one visit scheduled per weekend; within the time blocks established above. There is a cap of 25 residents visiting per 2-hour time block. Each resident can have a maximum of two visitors attend the visit (two adult visitors or one adult and one minor)
Visitors are responsible for scheduling visitation based on the dates/times provided and the resident’s incentive level. Visits scheduled on a date not permitted for that resident will be cancelled by staff in advance. Visitors must check in within the first hour of the time block, or the visitor will be denied. All visitors 2 years of age and older must wear a mask. If you arrive without a mask, you will be allowed to depart to get a mask as long as you are checked back in during the first hour of the visitation block.
There is no food allowed at this time and the vending machines will not be in use.
All visits will be non-contact. No embracing, hugging, kissing, etc. will be permitted.
Visitors/Residents can choose to visit inside or outside.
Inside visitation will have see-through protection barriers in place between the visitor and resident. Outdoor visitation will be socially distanced and monitored by staff but no physical barriers are in place.
Please see Visitation In-Person — (ks.gov)
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| 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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