1806 Pinecrest Circle; Winfield, Kansas 67156; Telephone 620-221-6660

 Winfield Correctional Facility

Overview

Winfield Correctional Facility (WCF), a part of the Kansas Department of Corrections, is an all-male, minimum-custody state prison located in Cowley County in south-central Kansas.  WCF is located on the north side of Winfield in the former Winfield State Hospital on a hill overlooking the scenic countryside. 

 Quick statistics

• Capacity-556 minimum-custody male inmates
• Phone number:  620-221-6660
• Mailing address: 

(Inmate Name and Number)

Winfield Correctional Facility

1806 Pinecrest Circle

Winfield, KS  67156

Programs

Academic Education                 30-½ time slots               

Special Education                     10 slots

Vocational Education                12 slots                           

Pre-Release                              40 slots

Correctional Industries

    Aramark................................6 slots

    Northern Contours.................36 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 not only labor for those approved agencies, but also provides inmates with valuable job skills and work ethics that they can utilize upon release.  Long-term community service work includes:   

• City of Arkansas City
• City of Udall  
• City of Wichita                                      
• City of Winfield                         
• Cowley County                                
• Sedgwick County                                
• Humane Society                         
• Lion’s Club Sight Project                  
• Kansas Department of Transportation 

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 at the facility.

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.

Inmate Banking

With the implementation of the centralized banking location inmate monies are no longer sent from facility to facility whenever an inmate’s location may change. This keeps their money available to them all the time and eliminates the delay in setting up and posting money to a new account when the inmate arrives at a new facility.

On June 4, 2007 the Kansas Department of Corrections began a new program for the management of all inmate monies through the development of a centralized inmate banking location at the Lansing Correctional Facility.  All inmate money previously held in trust accounts at the facility where the inmates were housed, were transferred to the centralized banking location.  The only exceptions are for inmates in the work release programs at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Topeka Correctional Facility and the Wichita Work Release Facility.  Facility staff at each of these three work release programs will be responsible for handling inmate trust fund monies for those inmates housed in their work release.

Sending money to inmates except for those inmates in the work release programs at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Topeka Correctional Facility or Wichita Work Release Facility

If you want to send money to an inmate, you now need to complete a deposit coupon and send it along with the money order or cashiers check to:  

Kansas Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 187
Lansing, Kansas 66043 

You should no longer send any funds to the facility where the inmate is currently housed, except for those in the work release programs at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Topeka Correctional Facility, and the Wichita Work Release Facility.  This will only delay funds availability to the receiving inmate.  Correspondence sent to P. O. Box 187 will not be forwarded to the inmate.  Family and friends need to send regular correspondence to the facility where the inmate is located.

Deposit Coupons

Funds deposited to inmate accounts are now electronically scanned and processed and therefore require a deposit coupon with each and every money order or cashiers check that is sent in.  Both the money order and deposit coupon must be completely filled in and contain the senders complete name and current address.  Coupons may be obtained from the inmate.  The coupon is made with special ink which allows it to be electronically read, thereby making it unavailable to be photocopied, reproduced or printed off of the internet in order to replicate.

The Kansas Department of Corrections provides the deposit coupons to the inmates at no charge.  The inmates are responsible for providing their family and friends with the deposit coupons. 

Monies sent to Inmates in the Work Release Programs at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Topeka Correctional Facility, and Wichita Work Release Facility

The money order or cashier check shall be sent to the work release facility where the inmate is housed.  The mailing address for each work release program are below:

Hutchinson Correctional Facility
P. O. Box 1568
Hutchinson, KS 67504-1568

Topeka Correctional Facility
815 S.E. Rice Road
Topeka, KS 66607

 
Wichita Work Release Facility
401 S. Emporia
Wichita, KS 67202

Western Union Quick Collect

Family and friends may use Western Union Quick Collect to send monies to an inmate.  Western Union offers three Quick Collect products that are subject to different fees. 

Send a deposit from anywhere in the country to our facility.

• Fast and Reliable
• Convenient

There are three ways to send an inmate a trust fund deposit.

WESTERN UNION QUICK COLLECT - For CASH TRANSACTIONS - Simply call Western Union at (800) 325-6000, or visit www.westernunion.com to find the nearest Western Union location.

WESTERN UNION QUICK COLLECT BY PHONE - For CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS - Simply call Western Union at (800)634-3422 (Press 2 to send a QC Payment).

WESTERN UNION QUICK COLLECT ONLINE - For WEB CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS - Simply visit www.westernunion.com.

For each Quick Collect transaction, the following information must be provided:

Pay To: KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Code City and State: KANSASDOC and KS

Sender's Account Number with Facility: Inmate ID Number, Inmate last name

Attention: Inmate's Full Name (First and Last)

All three Quick Collect products are subject to different fees, send amounts and other restrictions in certain states.

There is a fee for the use of Western Union services. Please check with Western Union regarding the details of the fee structure. The Department of Corrections does not receive any payment from Western Union resulting from the use of Western Union services. Click on the Icon below to connect to Western Union.