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Location: Centralia, IL
Security Level: Medium Security
History: Opened in 1980, Centralia is a medium security adult male facility. The living units consist of three housing unit clusters with a total of 14 housing units, one receiving unit, one segregation unit, and a 15-bed health care unit. In addition to general population, since late 2021 Centralia has housed the Voluntary Prison Rehabilitation & Identity Sensitive Mentoring Program (PRISM), which houses transgender and other individuals.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual In Custody mailing address: 9330 Shattuc Road, Centralia, IL 62801
Telephone: (618) 533-4111
Location: Chicago, IL
Security Level: Transitional Security
History: Crossroads Adult Transitional Center (ATC) is located on the west side of Chicago. It is a minimum-security male facility, one of four ATCs remaining within IDOC. Crossroads has been operated contractually by the non-profit Safer Foundation for more than 30 years.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual In Custody mailing address: 3210 West Arthington, Chicago, IL 60624
Telephone: (773) 533-5000
Location: Danville, IL
Security Level: Medium Security
History: Open since 1985, Danville Correctional Center is located in Danville, Illinois, about 2.5 hours south of Chicago and 40-minutes east of Champaign at the Indiana border. It is a medium-security male facility. The Education Justice Project of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers classes at Danville.
Mailing/Contact Information:
The Individual in Custody mailing address: 3820 East Main Street, Danville, IL 61834
Telephone: (217) 446-0441
Location:Decatur, IL
Security Level: Minimum Level Security (Female)
History: Opened January 2000, Decatur is a minimum-security female facility. It is now one of only two female correctional centers amongst IDOC parent facilities. Decatur is the parent facility of Fox Valley Adult Transitional Center.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual in Custody mailing address: P.O. Box 3066, Decatur, IL 62524
Telephone: (217) 877-0353
Location: Dixon, IL
Security Level: Medium Security
History: Opened in July 1983. Dixon houses general population medium-security individuals and is the parent facility of Dixon Psychiatric Unit (DPU) and the Dixon Special Treatment Center (STC). The STC is a medium-security center that houses both mentally ill and developmentally disabled individuals in custody. The DPU is a multi-security unit, which serves as a psychiatric correctional facility.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual in Custody mailing address: 2600 N. Brinton Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021
Telephone: (815) 288-5561; Fax (815) 288-9713
Dwight Correctional Center was the state’s only Level One maximum-security adult female facility. Dwight also housed medium and minimum-security residents, and handled the intake, classification and processing center for adult females for the entire state. The facility was located in Dwight, Illinois, about one and one half hours southwest of Chicago. It closed in 2013 and its operations and population were moved to Logan.
The Dwight Reception and Classification (DRC) served as the intake, classification and processing center for all adult females in Illinois. The facility was housed within Dwight Correctional Center (Dwight), a maximum security adult female correctional center. It closed in 2013 and its operations and population were moved to Logan.
Location: East Moline, IL
Security Level: Minimum Security
History/Overview: Opened in November 1980, East Moline was converted from a mental health facility.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual In Custody mailing address: 100 Hillcrest Road, East Moline, IL 61244
Telephone: (309) 755-4511
Location: Aurora, IL
Security Level: Minimum Transitional Security (Female)
History: Opened in April 1972, Fox Valley is the only female transitional facility. Fox Valley Adult Transitional Center (ATC) was formerly known as the Kane County Springbrook Tuberculosis Sanitarium, but was then converted to the Fox Valley Correctional Center and housed male individuals in custody. In August 2000, the center was converted to a female facility joining the Women and Family Services Division.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual In Custody mailing address: 1329 North Lake Street, Aurora, IL 60506
Telephone: (630) 897-5610
Fax: (630) 897-1386
Location: Ina, IL
Security Level: Medium Security
History: Opened in 1993, Big Muddy River Correctional Center is a medium-security male facility, located in Ina, IL about five hours southwest of Chicago and three hours southeast of Springfield. In addition to the general population, Big Muddy has a voluntary treatment program for individuals with a sex offense and is designated within the Illinois Department of Corrections to house people who are civilly committed as Sexually Dangerous Persons. Adler University offers online college classes at Big Muddy.
Mailing/Contact Information:
Individual in Custody mailing address: 251 N. Illinois Highway 37, Ina, IL 62846
Telephone (618) 437-5300
IDOC Big Muddy web page