Originally opened in 1989, the Sanders Estes Correctional Center houses minimum and medium security inmates.

The facility offers a wide range of programmatic opportunities to better prepare offenders for re-entry into society.

The Sanders Estes Unit assists local communities by providing offender crews for city, county and state work projects.

Sanders Estes also partners with a local animal shelter to provide offenders with an opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation of abused and neglected dogs.

The program runs ten weeks and focuses on animal rehabilitation through companionship, nutrition, daily exercise routines and obedience training.