| Opened: |
1969 |
| Warden: |
Terrance McDonnell |
| Phone: |
(334) 215-6600 |
| Mailing Address: |
P.O. Box 150
Mt. Meigs, AL 36057 |
| Street Address: |
12201 Wares Ferry Road
Montgomery, AL 36117 |
| Capacity: |
1250 |
Kilby Correctional Facility was
established December 1969, with a capacity for 440 inmates. Designed to
be the receiving center for all male inmates, it had dormitories, 100
two-man cells, and a hospital unit. It is located on 154 acres outside
of Montgomery.
Kilby is a maximum-security prison because all
inmates, those with known or unknown criminal histories, are received
into the Department for further evaluation, classification, and
assignment to other correctional facilities in the system. Perimeter
security is achieved with a double fence of 18-foot tall chain link
mesh topped with razor wire, and overlooked by five towers. In addition
to the Receiving and Classification Center, Kilby also furnishes the
prison system with Hospital Services including medical and mental
health treatment. The medical facilities provides comprehensive health
care to include dental services, mental health care; and medical
treatment which includes free world specialty care, and all related
support services.
Kilby also maintains dog-tracking teams, which
are used to assist local law enforcement agencies in tracking and
apprehending escapees, suspects of crimes and missing persons. On-site
employee training programs are conducted at Kilby for local security
and support personnel within the Montgomery area.
Inmate programs
offered by Kilby includes anger management, NA/AA, a chapter of the
Volunteers in Corrections, sex offenders therapy, GED/ABE educational
classes; 12-Step alcohol/drug counseling, chaplaincy services, and
individual and group therapy offered as part of an on-going mental
health program. Kilby also has a correctional industry plant for
printing and graphic arts, and maintains an institutional garden for
fresh produce.