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The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois , [ 3 ] and its headquarters are in Springfield .
The Shawnee Correctional Center is a medium-security state prison for men located in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1984, and has a working capacity of 2147. The facility is adjacent to the state's Vienna Correctional Center.
In May 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections called for Stateville to be converted from a Level 1 maximum security facility to a multi-level facility focused on returning inmates to society. In March 2024, the State announced plans to temporarily close the prison, demolish it, and construct a new facility on the grounds.
The IDOC and the Governors office had not identified the policy that was violated. As of January 2017, the last of the injured staff members returned to work. The inmates involved were successful in getting in-house department discipline dismissed. The Livingston County State's attorney is pursuing criminal charges against the inmates involved.
The Lawrence Correctional Center is a maximum security adult male prison of the Illinois Department of Corrections in Sumner, Illinois, approximately 65 miles (105 km) north of Evansville, Indiana. The prison was opened in November 2001 and has an operational capacity of 2,458 prisoners. [1]
Menard Correctional Center opened in March 1878; it is the second oldest operating prison in Illinois, and, by a large margin, the state's largest prison. Menard once housed death row; however, on January 10, 2003, the Condemned Unit closed when then Governor George Ryan granted clemency to all Illinois death row inmates. [2]
The Vienna Correctional Institution is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1965 and has a working capacity of 1,963. The facility is adjacent to the state's Shawnee Correctional Center.
The Tamms Correctional Center is a closed Illinois Department of Corrections prison located in Tamms, Illinois. [1] Prior to its 2013 closure, the prison housed people in two sections: (1) a 200-bed minimum security facility, opened in 1995, and (2) a 500-bed supermax facility known as the Closed Maximum Security Unit ("CMAX"), opened in 1998, that housed people defined by the prison ...