The Straits Correctional Facility is comprised of eight separate housing units contained in four buildings. Each unit can house 120 prisoners, for a total of 960. The remaining buildings are for administration, food service, maintenance, storage, classes and programs. The academic programs encompass Special Education, Adult Basic Education and General Education Development completion.
Vocational programs are available in institutional maintenance and building trades.
Other programs consist of substance-abuse treatment, individual and group psychotherapy. Other activities include libraries, hobbycraft, the Vietnam Veterans of America and religious programming. Prisoners are provided with on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious problems are treated at the department's Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson, and emergencies are referred to a local hospital. The facility includes two perimeter chain-link fences.