Western Missouri Correctional Center, entrance sign
The Western Missouri Correctional Center employs over 700 with wages averaging $25,000 per year. It is Cameron's largest employer with over two-thirds of its staff commuting from outside the Cameron zip code. The structure in the rear is the administration building. WMCC inmates build hundreds of wooden toys yearly for Toys for Tots and grow over 80,000 pounds of vegetables yearly which are distributed through food programs area-wide.
Western Missouri Correctional Center, housing units
The star-shaped buildings on the right are some of ten housing units at the Western Missouri Correctional Center which houses 2,600 minimum and medium-security inmates. The rectangular building in the center is a recreational center and gymnasium. The white wall in front of the rec center is a handball court. Double fences topped with concertina wire and sophisticated motion sensors ring the facility which opened in 1988. The institution also trains inmates in automotive repair and maintains State vehicles.
Western Missouri Correctional Center, admin building
This view of the administration building at the Western Missouri Correctional Center shows the visitors entrance in the lower level. The facility hosts some 3,500 visitors per month which impact Cameron's shops, motels, and restaurants.
Western Missouri Correctional Center, central services building
The long building at the left in this photo houses central services including cafeterias, library, laundry, classrooms, medical and activities. WMCC provides a complete infirmary for inmate health care. Over 100 inmates engage in work-release outside the institution including three for the City of Cameron which uses them for recyclable pick-up, trash clean-up and other jobs. The City employs a full-time work release supervisor and pays the State $7.50 per day for each inmate.
Weastern Missouri Correctional Center, housing unit
The star-shaped building is a housing unit at the Western Correctional Center, home to 2,600 inmates. The star shape allows officers to see down corridors from a single, central control room.