Rockville Correctional Facility

Rockville Correctional Facility is a maximum-security adult female facility located on approximately 52 acres, one mile northwest of Rockville, Indiana. The facility was originally established as a juvenile male facility in 1970. In 1992, the facility moved through stages from young juveniles to older juveniles, to co-ed with adolescent males and adult females, to only adult females. Rockville became the largest female facility in the Department of Correction. In 1995, the state approved the Department’s plan to rebuild the Rockville Training Center, as it was called then, to fit its new mission as a 600-bed facility for women. Over the next three years, 23 structures were demolished, five were converted to stand alone heating systems and upgraded in other ways, 13 new buildings were constructed, and the whole of the facility’s infrastructure was replaced. The current facility includes a total of 22 buildings within the facility property and two residences with a total capacity of more than 1,200. The facility also serves as the intake unit for women in the Department of Correction, which involves a series of assessments to ensure each incarcerated individual is assigned to the facility and programming that best meets their needs. Incarcerated individuals have multiple educational and vocational training opportunities, including cosmetology, parenting support and a partnership with Televerde that includes training and work opportunities inside the facility and post release.