Connecticut State Department of Correction

Hartford Correctional Center

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

Visiting Information:

Visiting Schedule (PDF, 11 KB).

Cancellations:  NO SOCIAL VISITS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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.

During 1998 and 1999 Dormitory 3 and 4 were partitioned with cages.

List of past wardens: