The Maryville Treatment Center lies on 44 acres that was purchased by the Department of Corrections from the Sisters of St. Francis in June of 1995. The Facility began operation on December 3, 1996. The Institution is a minimum-security (custody level 2) correctional treatment facility with a designed capacity to house 561 offenders. Its mission is "to return recovering offenders to society as productive, responsible, and law-abiding citizens." That mission is accomplished by providing the offenders with alcohol and substance abuse treatment in a therapeutic learning environment or by providing a transitional preparation segment to ensure their successful acclimation into society.
The Department of Corrections provides substance abuse treatment services referred to as the Odyssey Program. The Odyssey Program, utilizing the Therapeutic Community Model, provides a holistic approach in its delivery of treatment services to offenders who have been stipulated by the Parole Board for treatment services. Therapeutic Community (TC) is at the core of the institution's treatment. The TC Model, through the six-month model, is designed to achieve a global change in the lifestyle of the offender. From the TC perspective, substance abuse is a disorder of the whole person and while the focus of treatment is on maintaining a drug- and alcohol-free existence, the aim of the rehabilitation approach is to achieve that global change in lifestyle. TC provides the foundation on which positive socialization and pro-social attitudes and behaviors, good citizenship and a willingness to accept responsiblity for one's actions can be developed.
The Maryville Treatment Center provides a six-month treatment program for 225 offenders who have been stipulated by the Parole Board for the Offenders Under Treatment (OUT) Program and the Board Substance Abuse Program (BDSAP). There are also 336 offenders who are not stipulated for the programs, but are involved and in programs to accomplish a successful transition from prison to community. These offenders will be involved in transitional counseling, self assessment, personalized treatment planning and community preparation.
The Maryville Treatment Center currently employs 220 Department of Corrections personnel and 25 contractual personnel (Correctional Medical Services).