[2] At Westville, 49% of the inmate population are people of color, slightly higher than the average of 42% for the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) as a whole.

The hospital also helped students from the surrounding community benefit from internships in psychology, music, occupational, vocational and recreational therapy and nursing programs.

"TC" is an intensive, peer driven, highly structured program that enforces cognitive thinking changes along with addiction education.

This program aims to teach inmates positive social skills and to change the core thinking to more constructive and beneficial behaviors.

Since the DOC began giving time cuts for inmates that complete certain educational programs, many have obtained earlier releases.

The facility focuses on keeping fathers connected with their children while in prison through programs such as Inside Out Dads, a program developed for prisons by the National Fatherhood Initiative (http://www.fatherhood.org/) which tries to help offenders develop better parenting and fatherhood skills in order to become more involved with their children.

TC also has a new program aimed at helping offenders learn to manage money, become debt free, and to save and spend wisely.

A new program introduced by the prison is Mixed Up Mutts, which allows inmates to work with stray dogs and teach them basic obedience skills.

[5] The PEN program offers inmates the opportunity to make a range of different products that are sold both within the prison and commercially.

When the officers attempted to enter the facility, Speigla demanded that she be allowed to search their car, which was a routine duty of hers.

Later, Speigla decided to inform the assistant superintendent about the incident but was surprised when nothing was done about the matter and she was demoted to a lower-ranking position with a pay cut.

Upset one night about his imprisonment, Badelle decided to write the superintendent a letter in which he explained his discontent and his thoughts of escaping.

"The DOC claimed that mentioning one's intent to flee is the same as trying to escape…"[9] Badelle filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus and won, and the added sentence was removed.

He then filed suit over the inhumane conditions at the facility including overcrowding, beds placed fewer than 18 inches part and, worst of all, staff who failed to intervene in fights or sexual assaults.

In his lawsuit [3], Smith alleges Westville and its public information officer John Schrader violated Indiana's Access to Public Records Act ("APRA") when Schrader failed to disclose certain records relating to his dismissal and other alleged incidents that occurred while Smith was employed at Westville.

[citation needed] Westville failed to grant her workers compensation and a suit was filed against the company for wrongful termination, harassment and medical bills accrued during her treatment for the work-related injury.

In April 2000, an inmate from Westville, Phillip Woods #885529 [4], entered an industrial dishwasher and according to his mother, came out looking like a "skinned squirrel".