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Winfield Correctional Facility Overview

Winfield Correctional Facility is a Kansas Department of Corrections state prison in Winfield. KDOC identifies it as a minimum-security adult male facility. It is physically located in Cowley County, but it is not operated by the Cowley County Sheriff's Office and is not used for the county's current jail roster. A Winfield Correctional Facility inmate lookup belongs in KASPER, the statewide KDOC resident and offender search system.

The facility sits on the north side of Winfield at the former Winfield State Hospital and Training Center site. That campus history makes WCF different from the nearby Cowley County Jail, which is overseen locally by Sheriff Dave Falletti's office. The jail handles arrest booking, short-term local custody, and county court holds. Winfield Correctional Facility houses sentenced residents in state custody after KDOC classification, placement, and movement decisions.

The KDOC contact page screenshot below comes from the official Winfield Correctional Facility page.

The contact page is the direct facility source for location and phone information, while KASPER is the proper search system for resident custody records.

Winfield Correctional Facility Capacity

KDOC's overview describes Winfield Correctional Facility as a 554-capacity minimum-security facility for adult male residents. The research did not locate a separate public daily population count for WCF, so the sourced number to use on this facility page is capacity. People sentenced from Cowley County may or may not be placed at WCF because state prison placement is a KDOC decision based on classification, bed space, custody level, sentence needs, and program factors.

The official overview page also confirms the Cowley County location and facility background. The screenshot below was captured from the KDOC Winfield Correctional Facility overview.

That overview supports the prison-specific treatment of this page: sentenced state residents, minimum-security custody, KDOC placement, and statewide lookup through KASPER.

Winfield Facility Inmate Lookup

Use KASPER, not the Cowley County roster, to search for someone at Winfield Correctional Facility. KASPER is the Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository. KDOC says it includes offenders sentenced to the custody of the Secretary of Corrections since 1980, including people currently incarcerated, under post-incarceration supervision, or discharged from sentence. It is updated daily or each working day, excluding weekends.

KASPER is broader than the county jail PDF. It can show a KDOC registration number, physical description, photograph, conviction description, county and case number, anticipated release date, current housing location, movement history, and parole office information. It is still not a complete criminal history. For court charge history, use Kansas court records. For recent Cowley County booking only, use the county roster before state transfer.

1. Open the KASPER disclaimer page and accept the public-use notice.
2. Search by name or KDOC identifying information when available.
3. Review the location field to confirm Winfield Correctional Facility is the current housing site.
4. Check conviction, county, case number, movement, and release fields with the understanding that updates may lag on weekends.
5. Call WCF or KDOC records if the search result conflicts with court, parole, or family information.

Winfield Facility Contact

Winfield Correctional Facility's official KDOC contact listing gives the prison address, phone number, and fax number. Use this facility contact for prison-specific questions about visiting, mail routing, resident accounts, approved correspondence, and current housing status after a KASPER lookup. Do not call the Cowley County Jail for routine WCF resident questions unless the person is actually in county custody.

For state-level routing, KDOC also maintains a central contacts page with records, victim services, parole reporting, and administration information. Those central channels can help when the issue is not limited to WCF, such as a records division request, supervision status, or statewide resident search question.

Winfield Facility Visits

WCF visits follow KDOC prison rules, not the Cowley County Jail's pod-based NCIC schedule. KDOC's WCF visiting rules say visitors should arrive no earlier than 15 minutes before scheduled visiting begins and must check in no later than 60 minutes before visiting hours end. Visitors enter through the south door of Fern Building. Prison visits commonly depend on approval, resident status, and current facility rules, so confirm the current visiting schedule with WCF before traveling.

Because WCF is a state prison, a name on KASPER does not by itself grant visiting access. The resident's custody level, disciplinary status, housing, approval list, and KDOC rule changes can affect whether a visit can occur. Bring required identification and follow the current KDOC dress, property, and entry rules. If a resident has recently transferred, wait for the KASPER location and facility staff to confirm where visits are handled.

Winfield Facility Mail

The research did not locate a WCF-specific public fee table for phone, commissary, or deposits. That gap should not be filled with county jail NCIC rates, because those rates apply to Cowley County Jail communications. For Winfield Correctional Facility, use KDOC and WCF instructions for current mail, property, resident account, phone, and deposit rules. State prisons often route funds and correspondence through statewide vendors or agency procedures, which may change by contract.

Mail for a KDOC resident should identify the resident clearly and follow KDOC facility rules. Legal mail, publications, packages, account deposits, and phone privileges can have different rules than personal letters. If a KASPER search shows the resident has moved away from WCF, use the current facility listed by KDOC before sending mail or funds.

Winfield Facility Intake

Winfield Correctional Facility does not book people straight from a Cowley County street arrest. A person first moves through arrest, jail booking, first appearance, prosecution, plea or trial, and sentencing. Only after a prison sentence does KDOC take custody and classify the resident for placement. Intake at WCF is therefore a prison admission and classification matter, not the same event as Cowley County Jail booking.

Classification means KDOC reviews custody level, sentence, health, program needs, disciplinary history, bed space, and other placement factors. A Cowley County conviction does not guarantee placement at Winfield Correctional Facility. The person may go to another KDOC prison or may move between facilities over time. KASPER is the best public source for those facility movements.

KDOC

Kansas Department of Corrections, the state agency that operates WCF.

KASPER

Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository, the public state lookup tool.

Classification

The state review that helps decide custody level, facility placement, and program needs.

County Roster

The local jail list for current Cowley County custody, not sentenced state prison custody.

Winfield Facility Programs

KDOC history gives WCF a distinct local story. The facility began with a 290 population capacity and absorbed many former Winfield State Hospital buildings and infrastructure after the hospital closed in 1996. KDOC later added a dormitory that increased capacity to 522, and the current published capacity is 554. The facility implemented a therapeutic community substance-abuse treatment program in 1998.

The WCF programs page says residents provide thousands of hours of community service work each year for approved nonprofit entities. KDOC notes that community service must be certified so the work does not displace jobs available in the community. That program detail is specific to the state prison setting and should not be confused with Cowley County Jail work release or pod porter references.

For Cowley County searchers, the most important split is simple: the county jail roster tracks current local custody, while KASPER tracks sentenced Kansas corrections custody. A person may move from the county jail to KDOC after sentencing, but the state decides whether the final placement is Winfield Correctional Facility or another prison. For current local bookings, use Cowley County jail inmate records; for sentenced residents, use KASPER and the WCF contact details.