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Step 1: Register for ViaPath

All Visitors must register for a ViaPath Account and be approved before scheduling in-person and online visits.

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Step 2: Supplemental Documentation

Failure to submit this additional documentation could cause a delay in your application or may cause your application to be rejected.

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Step 3: Schedule Visit

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Attorney Visits

Attorneys visits will not be considered as part of the offender's regular visitation schedule and these visitors need not be on the visitation list. All attorney visits are schedule by the Facility Litigation Liaison.

Availability of space, security and safety of the facility determines if a special area may be set aside for attorney-client visits. If space is available, arrangements also may be made to allow clergy or approved spiritual advisors to have a separate space, outside of the regular visiting room/area, to meet with the incarcerated individual. In both cases, such space shall be observable by staff; however, staff shall not listen to the conversations.

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Visiting Guidelines

  • All visitors must be on the offender's approved visitors list.
  • Visitors may only visit the same offender once every 14 days.
  • Please make sure to check the facilities Facility Facebook's Page before your visit, the facility will post important updates regarding cancelations due to unforeseen circumstances.

Community Advisory Board

Community Advisory Board meet twice per year (every six months) but may meet more often as appropriate.

Purpose

  • To open avenues of communication between the facility and the communities near its operation;
  • To assemble an eclectic group of community stakeholders to observe the operations of the facility from time to time, and to advise facility administrative staff on quality of life issues, and provide diverse perspectives on the effectiveness of facility operations and programs;
  • To assist with the recruitment of a diverse and professional workforce;
  • To promote the hiring of former incarcerated individuals;
  • To help identify available community resources that could enhance the facility’s operation; and,
  • To assist with promoting community awareness and understanding of correctional issues, and facility and Department initiatives.

Programs

For more information about the variety of programs the IDOC offers, please visit the Programs page. Note: Programs vary from facility to facility and are subject to change. Not all incarcerated individuals qualify or are appropriate for every program, individuals should work with their assigned case manager to see which programs they are eligible for.

  • Work Release Program
  • Reentry Education Program
  • Work Crew Program
  • Employment Readiness Class
  • Life Skills Seminar
  • Money Smart
  • Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University – self study
  • Partners in Parenting
  • Men’s Fraternity
  • Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Relapse and Prevention for Reentry
  • Celebrate Recovery
  • Self-Study – Life Skill Programs
  • Bible Study
  • Motivation for Change

About South Bend Community Re-Entry Center

As a model of public safety, the South Bend Community Re-Entry Center promotes the successful reintegration of lawful, self-sufficient, and productive citizens into the community. This is done through the thoughtful application of dynamic supervision, experienced rehabilitative programming, and by providing opportunities for residents to demonstrate a strong work ethic and civic duty to foster productive partnerships with employers and citizens in our local communities. In 1967, new legislation allowed the Department of Correction to place selected incarcerated individuals, who are within 12 months of their release, in a community-based work release re-entry program to prepare for their transition back into society. The South Bend Community Re-Entry Center, which is the oldest existing state work release program in Indiana, was established in 1971. In 2012, the center moved to its present location and increased the rated capacity to 201. The facility provides re-entry services to incarcerated individuals being released throughout northern Indiana and has both a work release program component and re-entry education program component for long-term incarcerated individuals.

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South Bend Community Re-entry Center

Facility Physical Location

South Bend Community Re-entry Center
4650 Old Cleveland Road
South Bend IN, 46628

Phone | (574) 234-4094

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4650 Old Cleveland Road
South Bend IN, 46628

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