| Opened: |
1976 |
| Warden: |
LeePosey Daniles |
| Phone: |
(334) 215-0756 |
| Mailing Address: |
P.O. Box 75
Mt. Meigs, AL 36057 |
| Street Address: |
12085 Wares Ferry Road
Montgomery, AL 36117 |
| Capacity: |
276 |
Montgomery Work Release Center opened
in March 1976 with a capacity for 128 community custody inmates
received from Red Eagle Honor Farm. The Center consisted of eight
trailers housing 16 inmates each, a dining hall, an administrative
trailer and a trailer for the director’s residence. On August 12, 1986,
the director’s dwelling was converted to a segregated dormitory with a
capacity for 12 female inmates. The capacities of the male trailers
were also increased for 18 inmates each, which increased the total
capacity to 156 inmates.
On July 13, 1989, new buildings were
opened, which consisted of a male dormitory with a capacity for 180
male inmates, a dining and administrative building, and a supply area.
The Center’s capacity increased to 192 inmates. On March 15, 1990, two
modular buildings, constructed by Alabama Correctional Industries,
opened to accommodate 24 female inmates and a recreation area. The
facility capacity grew to 204 inmates, 180 males and 24 females. In
January 1991, a visiting pavilion, a supply/storage building, and a
hobby craft/classroom building were opened. Montgomery no longer houses
female inmates.
Montgomery Work Release Center is located behind
Kilby Correctional Facility on Wares Ferry Road. The Center is
convenient to Montgomery’s job market where the inmates work full time
jobs in the community and return to the facility after work.
Approximately 50 inmates are also enrolled in a 16-week intensive
substance abuse program while maintaining full time employment.