Hartford Correctional Center

Address:	177 Weston Street Hartford, CT 06120 Directions.
Phone:	(959) 200-3000
Fax:	(959) 200-3008
Security:	Level 4

Visiting Information:

Please review the following information before scheduling a visit https://portal.ct.gov/DOC/Miscellaneous/Visiting

Visiting Schedule (PDF, 11 KB)

Updates:  All in person visits have been suspended until further notice (due to an increase in the Covid-19 positivity rate in the community).

Video Visits are Available.

Please complete the following form to request a scheduled in-person or video visit: Visit Request Form

Note: A visit is not scheduled until you receive confirmation from the facility. Check your junk mail folder for confirmations or emails regarding visits.

Visits are scheduled according to the inmates housing location. If an inmate moves to another housing location, the visit will be cancelled and needs to be rescheduled. It is the inmate’s responsibility to notify the visitor that their visit will need to be rescheduled.

Any individual who attempts to visit a facility without a pre-scheduled, confirmed appointment will not be accommodated.

For all general visiting information refer to https://portal.ct.gov/DOC/Miscellaneous/Visiting

Population Information:

See data available regarding Connecticut Department of Correction's supervised population.

General Information:

The Hartford Correctional Center is committed to protecting the public and staff by providing a safe, secure, and healthy environment for all persons remanded to its custody, and to promoting the responsible behavior of each such individual. The Hartford Correctional Center strives to create a facility that promotes professionalism, excellence, and dignity for its employees.

This level 4, high-security urban jail holds primarily pretrial offenders and serves superior courts in Bristol, Enfield, Hartford, Manchester, Middletown, New Britain, Rockville and West Hartford.

The Hartford Correctional Center also oversees this agency's 12-bed Medical-Surgical Ward at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. The Medical-Surgical Ward is a level 5 co-ed inpatient/outpatient program. The high security medical ward, on a yearly basis processes nearly 350 inpatients and more than 2,200 outpatients.

Present staffing: 337.

Listing of the inmate programs available at this facility (PDF, 283 KB).

PREA Auditor's Summary Report (PDF, 728 KB).

History:

The Hartford Correctional Center was opened in 1977. Designed as a level 4 pretrial facility for adult males. It is situated on 10 acres.

In 1990, the addition of Dormitory 1 and 2 was opened.

In 1991, the addition of Dormitory 3 and 4 was opened.

List of past wardens: