Draper Correctional facility houses over 1200 inmates. The prison prides itself on the work ethic of the inmates, and in doing so provides inmates with a multitude of jobs from a large farming and agricultural unit, to vocational jobs such as creating furniture and learning mechanic skills. As they say 'Idle hands are the devils playthings", draper has reduced the number of inmates who have idle hands by instituting this hard work ethic, and at the same time taught many inmates a new useable skill.
Draper is one of the older facilities in Alabama and originally housed only male inmates. Today the facility houses both male and female inmates but in separate dormitory settings.
Visiting takes place in two separate blocks, from 8am-11am and again from 12-3pm. In between the visiting blocks there is a role and count and prospective visitors will not be allowed inside. At morning visitation the facility will begin to allow people in at 7:30am for search and inspection. For the second visitation block visitors will be called in by a number that you receive, numbers start being called around 11:30am for the noon visit. Do not show up to visitation during the last thirty minutes of the visiting hours and expect to be allowed to visit.