Winn Correctional Center (WCC) is a state prison for men, part of the Louisiana Department of Corrections prison system, located about 13 miles (21 km)[1] southwest of Winnfield in unincorporated Winn Parish, Louisiana.

[5] Winn opened as the first privately managed medium-security prison in the United States.

About 20% of the prisoners at Winn had committed crimes related to recreational drugs.

[1] As of 2016[update] women, including some single mothers, make up more than 50% of the prison guards.

Dogwood houses trustees and better behaved prisoners, Cypress serves as the segregation unit, and Birch houses mentally ill, elderly, and physically handicapped prisoners.