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 Missouri Department of Corrections

  Matt Blunt, Governor
  Larry Crawford, Director



2729 Plaza Drive
P.O. Box 236
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-751-2389
TTD: 573-751-5984
Fax: 573-751-4099
Director Deputy Director Adult Institutions Human Services Probation & Parole Rehabilitative Services Missouri Vocational Enterprises


| Adult Institutions | Addresses | Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center |
Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
(C-1 to C-5 female)
P.O. Box 300
1101 E. Hwy 54
Vandalia, Mo. 63382
573-594-6686
Cyndi Prudden, Warden
WERDCC

The Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC) in Vandalia received its first inmates in January 1998. This facility confines 2,076 minimum to maximum (C-1 to C-5) female inmates and certified juveniles. WERDCC serves as the intake center for females entering the department from around the state and also includes a permanent inmate population. This Reception and Diagnostic unit processes female inmates for assignment to permanent population at WERDCC, Chillicothe Correctional Center or the community release center treatment programs for women in St. Louis or Kansas City. Processing includes orientation to prison life, risk assessment educational testing, psychiatric and medical evaluation, AIDS testing and a drug education program.

Women's Eastern Center Map

VISITING HOURS
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - Noon
Immediate family only
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Immediate family only
TREATMENT CENTER - Every first and third Saturday from 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Immediate family only)
DIAGNOSTIC UNIT - Every Second Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Immediate family only)
Every Fourth Saturday from 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. is designated for the Moms and Kids Introducing Knowledge program.


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