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Missouri Department of Corrections Matt Blunt, Governor |
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| Director | Deputy Director | Adult Institutions | Human Services | Probation & Parole | Rehabilitative Services | Missouri Vocational Enterprises |
Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
(C-1 to C-5 Male)
3401 Faraon Street
St. Joseph, MO 64506
William Burgess III, Warden
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.
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| 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. |
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| DIAGNOSTIC UNIT Thursday - Sunday from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Immediate family or significant other only) |
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