Warden: Terry Terrell 

Mission Statement	Driving Directions	Educational Programming
Goals	Visiting Information	Other Programs/Services

 

 

 

Mission Statement

It is the policy of Global Expertise in Outsourcing, Inc. [GEO] and Allen Correctional Center [ALC] to maintain a secure institutional environment that ensures the safety of the public, provides a safe working climate for employees, and offers humane and safe living conditions for inmates confined herein. To accomplish this, a highly organized system of interrelated policies, procedures, emergency plans, and systematic manpower practices are employed. No inmate or group of inmates will be given authority over other inmates, manage any institutional programs, or have any policy or procedures setting role in this facility.

ALC utilizes an aggressive classification procedure that incorporates a multifaceted process whereby individual inmates are assisted in correcting their anti-social behavior. The process spans reception, orientation, treatment planning and programming, progress assessment, reclassification, as well as preparation for release and reintegration into the community. Program staff provides a wide range of interdisciplinary services to the offender to include medical, psychiatric, psychological, social, religious, vocational, educational, and recreational programs and services within the context of the total correctional system. Another aspect of ALC's mission is to provide an effective classification program, which utilizes all of these modes of corrections, depending on each offender's needs.

GEO operates its facilities under the principle that all administrative and management decisions either directly or indirectly affect the security and treatment goals of the facility. In that context, facility staff serves as important and productive role models for inmates, conveying mainstream societal values to the inmate population. Throughout the course of the day, opportunities for interaction between staff and inmates provide a means to teach or reinforce appropriate inmate behavior, and employees are expected to interact with inmates in a manner consistent with the objectives of the facility.

Goals

Allen Correctional Center is established in accordance with applicable statues and regulations with the goal of ensuring public safety through the provision of professionally managed correctional services to confined offenders, pursuant to judgments of the state courts.

Allen Correctional Center, within available resources, offers the widest practical range of correctional services and institutionalization, which will best serve the needs of society and the individual inmate, and which will enhance the offender's ability to return to the community and live in a law-abiding manner. The facility will administer its programs in an equitable manner in the least restrictive environment consistent with public safety.

The facility operates under the principle that all administrative and management decisions either directly or indirectly affect the security and treatment goals of the facility. In that connection, facility staff can serve as important and productive role models for inmates, conveying mainstream societal values to the inmate population. Throughout the course of a day, opportunities for interaction between staff and inmates can provide a means to teach or reinforce appropriate inmate behavior, and employees are expected to interact with inmates in a manner consistent with the objectives of the facility.

Driving Directions

From the North: Take Highway 165 south through Oberlin. Five miles south of Oberlin, turn left on Lauderdale Woodyard Road. The facility is a 1/2 mile on the left.

From the East: Take the Highway 26 exit in Jennings. Continue North on 26 to Oberlin. Take 165 South. Five miles south of Oberlin turn left on Lauderdale Woodyard Road. The facility is a 1/2 mile on the left.

From the West: Take Highway 190 east to Kinder. In Kinder take 165 north. Six miles north of Kinder, turn right on Lauderdale Woodyard Road. The facilityis a 1/2 mile on the left.

Visiting Information

1. Visiting hours are from 8:00 A. M. through 4:00 P. M. on Saturday & Sunday. Each person on the approved list may visit twice a month for two hours each visit. No visitor will be allowed to enter after 2:00 P. M.
2. Visitation will be allowed the 5th Saturday and/or Sunday for Trustee and Honor Tiers. Medium and maximum custody inmates will not be allowed to visit on these days.
3. Dress Code for visitors: No halter tops, tank tops, see-through clothing, low-cut articles of clothing that expose the upper torso, miniskirts, sun dresses, or any seductive garments shall be allowed. Female visitors cannot wear sleeveless shirts. Knee length shorts may be allowed. Male visitors will not be allowed to wear the combination of blue jeans and gray or white sweatshirts or blue chambray shirts. Shoes designed for street wear including tennis shoes, must be worn. No shower shoes, house slippers, or rubber thongs, shall be permitted. Female visitors must wear bras. Individuals improperly or inappropriately dressed shall not be allowed to visit.
4. Visitors are allowed to bring the following items to visiting area: money, which does not exceed twenty dollars, to be used in the vending machines (must be carried in a clear plastic bag) and unopened packs of cigarettes only. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT INMATES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HANDLE ANY CASH AND DOING SO MAY RESULT IN A RULE VIOLATION OF CONTRABAND. Necessary medications (nitroglycerin tablets, etc.) must be checked in at the visiting shed check-in station for safe holding. No clutch purses, waist pouches, etc. are allowed in the visiting shed.
5. Any visitor who refuses a search may be refused entry.
6. Any person may be refused approval to visit/or be removed from the approved visiting list, if the visitor does not comply with the posted rules of the institution during a visit.
7. Any person may be permanently refused approval to visit if the conduct of the visitor amounts to a violation of state and/or federal law, such as assault, battery, disturbing peace, introduction or attempted introduction of contraband, lewd behavior, etc.
8. If contraband is found on a visitor or if the visitor refuses to be searched or the visitor refuses to allow his/her property to be searched, or if the visitor violates any other rules of the institution, that particular visit may be terminated and the visitor may be told to leave the institution.
9. Any person may be denied permission to visit during the time of a disturbance at the institution.
10. All visitors that appear to be ten years old and above must present picture identification. A school issued picture ID can be used as identification.
11. All minors (under the age of seventeen) must be accompanied by an adult who is either a family member of the minor, the minor's legal guardian, or on the inmate's approved visiting list. Visitors who are fifteen years old and above will be counted on the inmate's approved visiting list even though an approved adult must accompany them.

Exceptions to being accompanied by an adult:

1. Minor spouses.
2. Emancipated minor (Judgment of Emancipation Required as Proof).
3. Minors visiting as a part of approved institutional programs such as school groups, church groups, and parenting groups.

When an inmate enters Allen Correctional Center, temporary approval shall be given to the inmate's parents, legal spouse, grandparents, siblings and children, for a period of thirty days, IF LISTED, in the inmate's Master Prison Record, upon request of the inmate. These individuals will receive permanent approval after the individual questionnaires have been returned, processed, and approved by the Warden. It will be the inmate's responsibility to notify the visitor of approval or disapproval. Each inmate is allowed ten individuals on his approved visiting list. Legal advisors, one approved religious advisor and children fourteen years of age or younger will be allowed to visit, but not to be included in the ten people approved on the visiting list. A visitor may be removed from the approved visiting list at his/her request or at the request of the inmate.

There will be no special visits at ALC unless specifically approved by the Warden. Extended visits may be allowed for approved visitors traveling long distances.

Educational Programs

ALC provides a comprehensive and accredited educational program that is available to all eligible inmates to meet their educational rehabilitative needs. The program includes performance-based curriculums and programming which allows inmates scheduling flexibility, accurate records to reflect progress and achievements, and a system for formal recognition of their accomplishments. Vocational-technical training programs have been integrated with academic programs and are devised to be relevant and consistent with the needs of the inmate population. Academic instruction includes the GED program and Literacy. Vo-tech classes include Culinary Arts, Computer Office Practices, Upholstery and Cabinet Making. A library of books and subscription material is available to the inmate population. A Law library is adjacent to the main library where inmate counsel substitutes assist with legal matters and represent inmates in Disciplinary Court.

Basic Adult Literacy  

This reading/writing program is designed to teach inmates (non-readers through intermediate readers) reading and life skills through reading, writing and mathematical exercises. Inmates whose test scores indicate 2.9 to 7.9 grade levels are enrolled in this class.

Adult Basic Education (ABE)

ABE is a class that provides instruction in the basics of reading, English and math. Inmates whose test scores indicate 6.0 to 7.9 are enrolled in this program.

General Educational Development (GED)

GED class enhances instruction in reading, English, math, science and social studies. Inmates with test scores of 8.0 and above are enrolled in this program. Students from this program progress to their high school equivalency diploma.

Culinary Arts Class

The Culinary Arts class provides inmates with the knowledge and skills necessary for employment in the food service industry. Training emphasizes on the study of foods and their nutritional content, menu planning, food processing and production, quantity cooking, using and storing equipment, sanitation, safety, serving techniques and self-management skills.

Computerized Office Practice

This class provides inmates with the skills needed to obtain any entry-level position in a modern business office. Training is provided in the latest computer operating systems, office technology software, typing skills and basic office procedures.

Upholstery Class

Designed to teach students procedures for installing, repairing, arranging and securing springs; webbing and padding; measuring, cutting and sewing fabric; and filling, tufting, channeling and buttoning cushions.

Cabinet Making

Introduces the manipulation of materials, drawing, power tools, measuring, joinery, assembly and preparation for and finishing woodwork to accomplish a project.

Residential Carpentry Class

Prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay out, fabricate, erect, install and repair wooden structures and fixtures using hand and power tools.  The program also includes instruction in areas such as common systems of framing, construction material, estimating, blueprint reading and finish carpentry techniques.

Electrical

Designed to prepare individuals to install, troubleshoot and repair wiring, electrical equipment and other electrical devices used in the industrial environment such as motors -- AC and DC drives, transformers, control systems, instruments, PLC's and lighting systems.

Horticulture

Introduces students to career fields involving care and replication of ornamental and consumable plants.  This program includes plant identification and examines the factors that affect the growth and reproduction cycle of plants.