North Central Correctional Facility

North Central Correctional Facility
Location	313 Lanedale Rockwell City, Iowa
Status	open
Security class	medium & minimum
Capacity	494
Opened	1982
Managed by	Iowa Department of Corrections

The North Central Correctional Facility is a minimum security institution located in the Calhoun County community of Rockwell City, Iowa.^[1] The facility opened in 1982, on the site of the 1918 Iowa Women's Reformatory.

Currently the institution has about 90 staff members and approximately 502 inmates. The North Central Correctional Facility houses mainly low risk offenders. It offers a variety of educational services, and has contracted with a community college to provide services. Some of the educational services include helping inmates earn their GEDs, special education, and a self study program in 120 subject areas. The facility offers a number of work programs for inmates both on and off the grounds of the facility. There are jobs that provide on-the-job training in welding, woodwork, master gardening, plumbing, and others.

References

↑ "Institution Descriptions". Iowa Department of Corrections. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

Coordinates: 42°23′32″N 94°36′22″W / 42.39222°N 94.60611°W / 42.39222; -94.60611

Iowa Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Anamosa State Penitentiary Clarinda Correctional Facility Fort Dodge Correctional Facility Iowa Correctional Institution for Women Iowa Medical and Classification Center Iowa State Penitentiary Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility Newton Correctional Facility North Central Correctional Facility

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