- State Prison
- Illinois
- PO Box 99, Pontiac, IL 61764
- 815-842-2816
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IL DOC – Pontiac Correctional 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: 815-842-2816
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at IL DOC – Pontiac Correctional Center located at 700 W Lincoln St in Pontiac, 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 – Pontiac Correctional Center:
Pontiac Correctional Center
Opened: June 1871
*Operational Capacity: 2,947
Maximum Security Adult Male
**Population Pontiac Correctional Center: 755
**Population Pontiac Medium Security Unit: 373
**Total Population: 1,128
The mission of the Pontiac Correctional Center is to protect the general public through incarceration, supervision, programs, and services designated to return offenders to the community with the skills to be useful and productive citizens.
The facility consists of a total of 63 buildings, which comprise more than 744,000 square feet. The facility sits on a 37-acre site, with 32 acres being enclosed by fencing. Pontiac Correctional Center houses the following offenders: segregation, protective custody, mental health, administrative detention reintegration management, and medium security.
Inmate Programs
Academic:
- ABE (Adult Basic Education)
- GED (General Education Development)
Other:
- Reentry Summit
- Lifestyle Redirection
- Substance Abuse
- Leisure Time Activity
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Anger Management (Segregation Offenders)
- Trained Reformed and Capable (TRAC I)
- Library Services
- Parole School
- Inside Out Dads
- Mental Health Development
- Budgeting
Pontiac Correctional Center is located in Livingston County Illinois. It is a maximum security institution that can house up to 2,172 adult inmates. This facility is the parent institution to Pontiac Medium security unit which houses 492 inmates. Inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center can receivesubstance abuse treatment, mental health development, anger management and many other services. Offenders are encouraged to take adult basic education courses and earn their GED while incarcerated here.
visitation Info
IL DOC – Pontiac Correctional Center – Visitation
The visiting days for offenders in the Maximum Security Unit alternate monthly between even days and odd days. Therefore, individuals planning to visit the facility should call the facility prior to traveling to the Pontiac to ensure that the date on which they intend to visit is an authorized visiting day for the offender. Monthly visiting schedules are also available at the Gatehouse.
Visits for offenders housed in the Administrative Detention Unit must first be reviewed and approved by the facility’s Intelligence Unit with the request being received at the facility ten (10) days prior to the requested visit date.
Attorney request for a private interview room must be submitted and approved in advance by the facility’s Legal Services department.
8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Call ahead to ensure authorized visiting day. Visitors must arrive by 1:30 p.m. to be processed.
Visitors to any correctional facility will be required to produce photo identification and verification of date of birth. Please be sure to bring 2 forms of identification with you; these would include a current photo ID such as a driver’s license, a state ID card, government ID card, military ID/driver’s license, or acceptable documentation of non-U.S. citizenship including a current Passport, Visa or Matricula; and documentation that includes visitor’s date of birth. Expired forms of identification will not be accepted. Visitors will also be required to provide vehicle information and other pertinent data, such as government identification, official credentials, attorney registration, and or law student certification.
