Capacity: 3196
Client: Indiana Department of Correction (IN DOC)
Accreditations: American Correctional Association (ACA)
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) and The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) finalized contract negotiations in September 2005 to transition the New Castle Correctional Facility to GEO’s operation and management. This public-private correctional partnership is the first of its kind in Indiana. The facility is located in the city of New Castle next to the IDOC’s statewide Correctional Training Institute. Because the facility was an existing IDOC facility, one of GEO’s priorities was to ensure that existing staff were afforded the opportunity to work with GEO. GEO interviewed 100% of the existing staff for employment resulting in an exceptional outcome of approximately 90% retention of the existing State personnel.
The facility consists of an administration building, program services building, recreation building and 13 housing buildings.The New Castle Correctional Facility has one of the largest multi-purpose buildings in the state.
The facility achieved initial accreditation through the American Correctional Association (ACA) in 2008 and reaccreditation in 2023 with a score of 100%.
In early March of 2024, the town of Winchester, Indiana, approximately 30 miles northeast of New Castle Correctional Facility (NCCF), was shaken by the destruction of an EF3 tornado, which can produce winds between 136 and 165 mph. READ MORE