ALLEN CORRECTIONAL CENTER ( ALC )
3751 Lauderdale Woodyard Road
Kinder, LA 70648
Phone Number: (337) 639-2943
The Allen Correctional Center (ALC), a medium
custody facility located in Kinder, was opened in 1990 and expanded in
1992. An additional 192-bed expansion was opened in July 1995, to bring
operational capacity to 1,474. This Executive Budget recommends an
increase in capacity to 1,538. The ALC, the second of Louisiana's
privately managed state correctional institutions, is operated by the
Wackenhut Corporation. The ALC received ACA accreditation in January
1993 and was released from the federal consent decree in 1997.
The mission of the
Allen Correctional Center is 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 in that institution. To accomplish this
mission, a highly organized system of interrelated policies,
procedures, emergency plans, and systematic manpower practices are
employed. The Allen Correctional Center utilizes an aggressive
classification procedure that incorporates a multi-faceted process
whereby individual inmates are assisted in correcting their antisocial
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: medical, psychiatric, psychological, social, religious,
vocational, educational, and recreational.