- State Prison
- Illinois
- PO Box 112, Joliet, IL 60434
- 815-727-3607
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IL DOC – Stateville 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: 815-727-3607
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at Stateville Correctional Center located at 16830 IL-53 in Joliet, 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.
Stateville Correctional Center is a maximum-security prison that presides over the Northern Reception and Classification Center, and Stateville Minimum Security Unit. and can house up to 4,105 adult male offenders. The prison is surrounded by 33-foot walls and several armed guard towers to ensure the detainees do discourage escape attempts. Selected inmates are allowed to work in the correctional industries making soap and furniture. Vocational skills taught at this institution include barbering. Inmates can also earn a GED and adult basic education while incarcerated.
Stateville Correctional Center's mission is to encourage and promote a climate of safe and secure conditions in which offenders and staff can develop positive attitudes and encourage work and program opportunities and experiences that guide offenders toward reintegration into the community.
The facility sits on a total of 2,264 acres of land with a 33-foot wall with guard towers surrounding it. This adult male maximum security facility consists of a 32-bed infirmary in the health care unit and three living units that house general population, segregation, protective custody and temporary writ inmates. The Northern Reception and Classification Center (NRC) functions as the major adult male intake and processing unit for the entire state. The NRC contains 1,800 beds in 24 housing units. Within the NRC is also the minimum-security unit, which can house up to 384 offenders in two units.
IL DOC – Stateville Correctional Center – Parole
Inmate Programs
Academic:
- ABE (Adult Basic Education)
- GED (General Education Development)
Vocational:
- Barbering
Industries:
- Soap
- Furniture
Volunteer Services
- Creative Art
- Choir
- Religious Bible Studies
Other:
- Library
- Life Skills
- Anger Management
- Substance Abuse
- Life Style Redirection
- Chaplaincy
- Community Work Crews
- Counseling
visitation Info
IL DOC – Stateville Correctional Center – Visitation
Maximum security visits are 7:30am to 2:30pm (daily)
Minimum security visits are 8:00-2:00pm (weekends and holidays)
Visitors must arrive by 1:30 pm weekdays and 12:45pm weekends & holidays.
General population and protective custody inmate visits are limited to two hours on weekdays and one hour on weekends and holidays. All segregation inmate visits are limited to one hour.
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, or Visa, documentation must contain the 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.
