The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the warden of the Taylorville Correctional Center, at the club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.

Melinda Eddy became warden of the local correctional center in 2017, and ran the Lincoln Women’s Correctional Center before that.   She appreciated the welcome she received when coming to this facility.

Eddy added most of the offenders at the Taylorville prison are Class X offenders that are completing their sentences.   She said that the prison offers drug abuse and anger management programs among other things to rehab the inmate before being released. To that end, the prison has hired a number of therapists and other support staff. 

Eddy told Kiwanis members that accountability is important for both inmates and staff.

The Taylorville warden told Kiwanis members the local prison has 327 staff members.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.