The fence is topped with razor wire and equipped with security system. Security lighting surrounds the fence. Inside the perimeter are 4 housing units, an administration building, a school, a multi-purpose center, a buildings and grounds center, a covered activity shelter, and a treatment center. One of the housing units contains the security office, health services area, and food preparation and dining room, while another contains the visitors' center. There are no towers.
Mobile security is maintained around the outside of the fence.
The balance of the farmland is leased out. Operations Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility has two substance abuse program units, one value development program, three sex offender units, an industrial and minimum custody unit, a criminality unit, and five general population units. The Treatment Center was completed. Started in FY 95, it was built almost entirely by inmates under staff supervision. It houses the counselors, records, substance abuse program, and supporting staff.