Special education, Adult Basic Education and General Education Development completion are offered. Vocational trade programs are available in institutional maintenance and building trades. The Business and Office Occupations Program includes basic business skills and use of computers. Other programs include: substance-abuse treatment, religious services and an extensive array of prisoner self-help and service groups. Other activities include: law and general libraries, and hobby craft. Many program resources are expanded through participation by community volunteers (local clergy and lay people), which allows more prisoners to participate in programs.

Prisoners are provided with on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious problems are treated at the department's Duane L. Waters Health Care in Jackson. Emergencies can be referred to a local hospital.

The facility includes two perimeter fences, rolls of razor-ribbon wire, an acoustic sensing system, an electronic detection system and fence-mounted perimeter cameras. A road surrounds the perimeter and a patrol vehicle responds to all detection system alarms.