- State Prison
- Illinois
- PO Box 1000, Menard, IL 62259
- 618-826-5071
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IL DOC – Menard Reception & Classification Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 618-826-5071
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at Menard Reception located at 711 Kaskaskia St in Menard, IL 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.
About IL DOC – Menard Reception & Classification Center:
It is the policy of the Department of Corrections and Menard Correctional Center that all offenders will be provided with a thorough orientation in their own language. The program shall include all aspects of the correctional center’s expectations of them, and what they may expect to derive from institutional programs. Upon transfer from any facility, including a Reception Center, all offenders will be placed into orientation status and will be housed separately from general population until completion of the orientation process.
Offenders that are newly admitted into IDOC shall be placed into reception status (this includes parole violators and ATC violators that are returned to IDOC). All offenders in reception status will be housed in the designated Reception and Classification unit. Reception status is terminated once the offender is transferred to an assigned correctional facility.
During the reception process, various tools are used to determine appropriate placement for the newly received offender. These tools include, but are not limited to; counselor, mental health, medical, substance abuse screener interviews, and criminal history. Every effort is made by Reception staff to place an offender into a facility that best suits that offenders programming needs.
While in reception status, the offender may expect the following:
- Access to medical services, mental health services and the chaplain.
- Will be allowed to send and receive mail. Will not be allowed visits except legal. Will not be allowed telephone calls, except legal, court ordered or in case of an emergency.
- Will not receive any state pay.
- Will be given commissary privileges, up to a maximum of $15, one time per month, limited to basic hygiene items, writing supplies, gym shoes and a cup. Clothing (adequate for the season), towels, bedding, and soap shall be provided. Audio-visual equipment will not be allowed.
- Will be granted access to reading materials and shall have access to materials from the facility Law Library.
- Any movement shall be escorted. All meals will be served in the offender’s cell. Out of cell movement shall be limited to recreation, showers, legal visits, medical, mental health services and classification interviews.
visitation Info
IL DOC – Menard Reception & Classification Center – Visitation
Offenders housed at the Menard Reception and Classification Center are not allowed regular visits, except legal when working on a current legal case.
