ASPC-Winslow: What Should Families Know?

Where Is ASPC-Winslow and Who Is Sent There?

Winslow is one of the nine state-run complexes operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR), and it is the system’s northern outpost. Everything below comes from ADCRR’s official ASPC-Winslow page. For the system-wide picture — intake at Alhambra, custody levels, and release math — start with our complete guide to Arizona state prisons.

ASPC-Winslow sits at 2100 S. Highway 87, three miles south of the City of Winslow and adjacent to State Highway 87 in northern Arizona. Per ADCRR, construction began in 1985, and the complex was completed with the Apache unit in 1995. Unlike Arizona’s purely minimum-custody work complexes, Winslow is mixed: its largest unit, Kaibab, is designated close custody, while Coronado and Apache are minimum-custody work yards.

That mix matters, because “my loved one is at Winslow” can describe two very different daily realities — a close-custody setting with tighter movement, or an open work yard whose crews leave the complex daily. No judge chooses either one; ADCRR classification assigns the complex and unit after intake.

ASPC-Winslow at a Glance

What Are the Three Units at ASPC-Winslow?

ADCRR describes three units: Kaibab (839 beds), Coronado (492 beds), and Apache (346 beds). Kaibab is the close-custody unit — higher supervision and controlled movement — but the department emphasizes that it still provides educational and vocational training opportunities. Coronado and Apache are minimum-custody work yards whose residents take on-site and off-site assignments, from community beautification to state agency projects.

All three units teach job skills the department lists by name: food preparation certifications and health cards, warehouse inventory management, landscaping, floor and general maintenance, barbering, and construction.

What Work and Education Programs Does ASPC-Winslow Offer?

The two minimum yards field Wildland Fire and Healthy Forest Initiative crews, collaborate with the Arizona Department of Transportation, and work with Arizona Correctional Industries, whose Winslow operation builds trusses for civilian contractors. Education runs weekdays under certified teachers — functional literacy through GED and high school diploma — with a CTE masonry program at Coronado and online Central Arizona College associate degrees at Coronado and Kaibab for students who qualify for the federal Pell Grant.

Treatment includes a moderate substance-abuse program on the Apache unit run by a senior substance-abuse counselor, volunteer-led Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, Changing Offender Behavior, Courage to Change, reentry programming, and peer-to-peer classes from parenting to music theory.

How Does Someone End Up at — or Get Moved From — Winslow?

Placement is a classification decision, not a sentencing decision. Men enter through reception at Phoenix complex (Alhambra), where screening and initial classification produce a custody level; that score determines whether someone lands in close custody at Kaibab, on a minimum yard like Coronado or Apache, or at a different complex entirely. Reviews continue throughout the sentence, and conduct, program participation, and bed space all move people. The full pipeline is mapped in our Arizona state prisons guide.

How Does Visitation Work at ASPC-Winslow?

Visitation approval is centralized and application-based, per ADCRR’s official visitation page:

• Apply electronically — never while the person is still in the intake process at Alhambra.
• Background check and fee. Adults applying for in-person, phone, or video visits pay a one-time, non-refundable $25 fee under Department Order 911; phone-calls-only applicants skip the fee but still apply.
• Deadlines. Fees and documents must be received within 30 days of the application date; allow up to 60 days for processing.
• The inmate is notified first and is responsible for relaying the decision.

Before applying, confirm the unit and get the ADC number with ADCRR’s Inmate Data Search, and check the unit’s current visitation schedule with the complex.

How Much of the Sentence Is Really Served?

Under ARS 41-1604.07, most Arizona prisoners earn one day of release credit for every six days served — about 85% of the term — then finish on community supervision. Certain simple drug possession sentences can earn three days per seven served after completing treatment, if there is no prior violent or aggravated felony. The exceptions cut hard: flat-time sentences earn no credits, and the director can forfeit earned credits when a prisoner is reclassified for rule violations or for refusing to participate in work, education, treatment, or training programs.

What Can Be Done About the Record After Release?

The record does not have to stay frozen at the worst day. Most Arizona felony convictions can eventually be set aside, and state law adds a Certificate of Second Chance that can restore occupational licensing eligibility and protect employers who hire. Start with our guides to setting aside a conviction in Arizona and the Certificate of Second Chance to see what a release plan can include. For a confidential consultation about a pending case or post-conviction options, call 623-321-4699.