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 Missouri Department of Corrections

  Jay Nixon, Governor
  George Lombardi, Director



2729 Plaza Drive
P.O. Box 236
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-751-2389
TTD: 573-751-5984
Fax: 573-751-4099
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| Adult Institutions | Addresses | Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center |

Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (C-1 to C-5 Male)
William Burgess III, Warden
3401 Faraon Street
St. Joseph, MO 64506
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The Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WRDCC) opened in St. Joseph, Missouri in September 1999. The facility confines 1,934 minimum to maximum (C-1 to C-5) male offenders. WRDCC serves as the intake center for males entering the Department from the Western Region of the State. The reception and diagnostic unit processes offenders for assignment to facilites across Missouri. Processing includes orientation to prison life, risk assessment, substance abuse assessment, educational testing, and mental health and medical evaluation. The Western Region Treatment Center (WRTC) a 595-bed unit is located within WRDCC. WRTC has an 84-day parole violator, 120-day and 180-day cognitive behavioral substance abuse treatment programs. WRDCC also maintains a general population, which includes a transitional housing unit (THU) designed to prepare offenders for their return to the community upon release from incarceration.

VISITING HOURS
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY and SUNDAY Fathers and Children Together
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. First Saturday of the month
TREATMENT CENTER
Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
DIAGNOSTIC UNIT
Thursday - Sunday from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(Immediate family or significant other only)



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