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Shawnee Correctional Center

Darren Galloway, Warden

Facility Data

Shawnee Correctional Center
Opened: December 1984
*Operational Capacity: 1,848
Medium Security Adult Male
Shawnee Correctional Center Population: 1,397 (as of 6/30/24)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $29,443 (FY22)

*Operational capacity is the maximum number of beds a facility has; to include all health care, crisis, restricted housing, protective custody, isolation, R&Cs, and future beds that are down for repair. Data reflects a bed space capacity census that was conducted in August 2022.

Visitation

Visitor ADA Accommodations

IDOC Visitation Rules and Information

To visit Shawnee Correctional Center, you must sign up in advance.

 

Video Visitation

Video visitation hours are Sunday through Saturday 8:30a to 2:30p and 4:30p to 5:30p. Visitors should log on 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Video Visitation Guidelines

Facility Address

Business Mail:
6665 State Route 146 East
Vienna, IL 62995

Individual in Custody Mail:
Individual in Custody Name & IDOC#
6665 State Route 146 East
Vienna, IL 62995

Phone: (618) 658-8331
Fax: (618) 658-4014

Facility Information

The mission statement of Shawnee Correctional Center is to provide for the protection of society through the humane and secure incarceration of adult male individuals in custody , based upon a foundation of legislative and judicial decisions. The administration is committed toward instilling responsibility and mature decision making in its individuals in custody . By providing extensive and high quality educational programs, work assignment opportunities, public service, leisure time activities and religious avenues, the institution is expected to go far beyond the provision of the minimum necessities of food, sanitation, clothing, housing and medical services to the individuals in custody at the facility.

The Shawnee Correctional Center is a medium security adult male facility and is located in rural Johnson County in southern Illinois. 

Shawnee Correctional Center consists of a 24 buildings, totaling 369,029 square feet. The living units consist of four X-type units, one receiving and orientation unit, two segregation units and a 16-bed health care unit. The facility sits on 60 acres with 40 acres inside the fence.

Individual in Custody Programs

Academic:

  • Adult Basic Education (ABE)
  • Advanced Adult Basic Education (ADV ABE)
  • Adult Secondary Education (ASE/GED)

Career and Technical Education:

  • Custodial Maintenance 
  • Automotive Technology
  • Construction Occupation
  • Career Technologies
  • Welding

Industries:

  • Metal fabrication services, including welding
  • Outdoor recreational furniture and specialty fabrication items
  • Recycling - Go Green Initiative

Other:

  • Religious Volunteers
  • Life Skills
  • Drug Education
  • Anger Management
  • Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program
  • Leisure Time Activity
  • Chaplaincy
  • Library