ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit

ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 520-574-0024

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit located at 10000 S Wilmot Rd in Tucson, AZ are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Work Programs – As part of an Intergovernmental Agreement ASPC-Tucson has approximately 35 inmates off complex work crews. There are also; two onsite call centers for hometown heroes that employ 78 inmates; Arizona Department of Transportation work crews that conduct off-site trimming and cleaning debris from the medians and sides of roads, two wildland fire crews that also spend off-season assisting with brush abatement and a work crew at the Kartchner Caverns State Park located in Benson, Arizona. The offsite work crews cover an area between Tucson, Nogales, Marana, Benson and Sells. There are ten crews that work on-site, outside of the secure perimeter to maintain the Complex.

In addition to these inmate crews, each unit is allocated a WIPP (Work Incentive Pay Plan) budget based on the number of inmates assigned to the unit. On average over 1900 inmates are paid to work at jobs ranging from labor crews which clean the yard, rake rocks and mow lawns, to semi-skilled and skilled jobs such as clerical, barber and maintenance jobs. Inmates may also work half a day and attend vocational education classes half a day for which they also receive WIPP wages. The Arizona Correctional Industries Sign Shop at ASPC-Tucson employs up to 26 inmates at an average wage of $.65/hour. These inmates reclassified as skilled to highly technical, depending on the job involved. Most positions require a background in computer, silkscreen, painting or metal fabrication.

Education Programs – Presently of a total population of approximately 5000 inmates at the Tucson complex, approximately 30% of ASPC-Tucson inmates are involved in some form of education. Forty percent of arriving inmates have not yet achieved the 8th-grade level of education and are automatically enrolled in the Functional Literacy program. Programs available to the inmates are: High School, GED, and Mandatory Literacy. The programs offered by the CTE program are: Automotive, Computers, Construction, Electrical, and HVAC. Inmates also have access to distance learning and CCTV programs.

CIMARRON Treatment Programs

Group Study:

• AA
• Brief Intervention
• Substance Abuse
• Thinking Straight
• Cultural Diversity
• Pre-Release
• Parenting
• Smart Recovery
• Transition to Tomorrow
• Merging Two Worlds
• Thinking For A Change

Self-study program:

• Cage your Rage

ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit – Communicating With ADC About Inmate
ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit – Constituent Services
ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit – Inmate Information Connection
ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit – Inmate Family Resources

visitation Info

Arizona State Prison Complex – ASPC Tucson – Cimarron Unit – Visitation

MONDAY – FRIDAY (NON-CONTACT & SPECIAL VISITS): 
By appointment only
SATURDAY, SUNDAY & HOLIDAY VISITATION:
A.M. Block:      07:05 – 10:30 hours
(No one will be let in between 10:30 and 11:30 for inmate count)
P.M. Block:      11:05 – 14:30 hours
(No one will be let in after 14:30 hours)
Attention Visitors: No inmates will be called up to visitation between 10:30 am and 12:00 pm. Please make arrangements to be in visitation no later than 10:15 to allow our staff the time to call them up to visitation.
 
ESTABLISHED BLOCK TIMES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
08:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 16:00

Please note the following changes to our visitation procedure which will assist with this objective:
•    Visitors may be subject to clear the magneto poles in addition to clearing the walk-through metal detectors. Should a visitor not clear, they will return to their car and shall be prohibited from visiting for 60 days and an additional 180 days of non-contact visitation. For a second offense, there will be a permanent loss of visitation privileges.
•    If a visitor cannot be cleared by the metal detector/magneto poles for some reason (i.e. medical) then the visitor shall only be cleared for non-contact visitation.
•    Visitation seating may be assigned to ensure closer monitoring of a visit by staff.