The remaining buildings are used for administration, food service, maintenance, training and storage. The West Shoreline Correctional Facility and the Brooks Correctional Facility were the first two prisons to share services. Positions shared with Brooks are warden and warden's staff, business manager, personnel officer, training staff, school principal, mail room staff, physical plant superintendent, warehouse manager and fire safety inspector. During 1991, the prison was converted from a Level II facility to a Secure Level I facility. Programming Academic programs consist of Special Education, Adult Basic Education and General Education Development completion.
Vocational programs are available in building maintenance and office occupations.
Beginning in 1993, staff developed and began operating a new sex-offender program that includes two housing units operating as modified therapeutic communities. 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 can be referred to a local hospital. The perimeter includes two fences with rolls of razor-ribbon wire on the side and top of the exterior fence. The fence area is also monitored by a series of sensors that detect anyone approaching them.