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Established
1992

Security Level
Minimum and Maximum

Avg Daily Population
Calendar Year 2008 - 2,091

Housing
Dormitories and Celled Space


James Basinger
Superintendent

Contact Info
(812) 398-5050
6908 S. Old U.S. Highway 41
P.O. Box 500
Carlisle , IN 47838

Jack Hendrix,
Assistant Superintendent of Re-entry

Richard Larsen,
PIO

Media Contact
Rich Larsen

Visiting Guidelines

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL VISITORS

Prior to entering the facility, from now until May,  ALL VISITORS must be asked if they have had, within the previous seven days, any of the following symptoms:
• FEVER
• COUGH
• BODY ACHES
• RUNNY NOSE
• SORE THROAT

Visitors with current symptoms observed during questioning  or those who acknowledge having had any of the symptoms listed above in the previous seven calendar days prior will not be permitted to enter the facility from now through May, peak months for flu.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Visitation hours for all areas of the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility are from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

Effective July 1, 2009, visiting hours for J-Housing Unit (Minimum- Security Offenders) are from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, and weekends/state holidays from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

For additional facility information, including any visit modifications, please call the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, extension 4500.

Programs

Community Advisory Board

Meetings

Tentatively scheduled on the third Wednesday of each quarter:

  • January 21, 2009
  • April 15, 2009
  • July 16, 2009
  • October 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Members

Bruce Borders
State Representative

Jim Cahill
Owen County Community Corrections

George Ford
Minister

Bishop Gerald Gettlefinger

Jack Harlow
Retired WVCF Community Services Director

Bob Hatton
Program Director, Community Corrections, Knox County

Warren Henegar
Monroe County Councilman, Farmer

Belle Kasting
Retired Nursing & Medical Administrator/Former Vincennes Mayor

James Kennedy
Monroe County Sheriff

Brian Kinnett
Sullivan County Sheriff

Mike Morris
Knox County Sheriff

Steve Luce
Executive Director, Indiana Sheriff's Association

 

Kellie Meyer
Indiana Program Director/NAMI

David Miller
Attorney

Dr. Glenn Miller
Retired Clinical Psychologist/Founder S.A.S.I.

Judge Dena A. Martin
Greene County Superior Court

Ed Ross
Substance Abuse Supervisor/Hamilton Center

Jennifer Sicking
Asst. Director/Media Relations/ISU

Vern Tincher
State Representative

Bill Watson
Program Director, Community Corrections, Vigo County

John Waterman
State Senator

Peggy Welch
State Representative/Nurse

Dr. Charlotte Zietlow
Director, Middleway House for Domestic Violence