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Sheridan Correctional Center

Ryan Woods, Warden

Facility Data

Sheridan Correctional Center
Opened: (Re-Opened) January 2, 2004
*Operational Capacity: 2,107
Medium Security Adult Male
Population: 1,210 (as of 6/30/24)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $40,395 (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 Sheridan Correctional Center, you must sign up in advance.

Video Visitation Hours

Monday-Friday 4:00pm - 4:40pm; Saturday and Sunday 9:00am - 4:40pm
Visitors should log onto the GTL 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Video Visitation Guidelines

Facility Address

Business Mail:
4017 E. 2603 Road
Sheridan, IL 60551

Individual in Custody Mail:
Individual in Custody Name & IDOC#
4017 E. 2603 Road
Sheridan, IL 60551

Phone: (815) 496-2181
Fax: (815) 496-2931

Facility Information

The Sheridan Correctional Center is an adult male medium security prison, totally dedicated to substance abuse treatment and is one of the largest substance abuse treatment programs in the nation. Sheridan Correctional Center was reopened on Jan. 2, 2004, to curb the trend in Illinois' growing prison population to reduce high recidivism rates of released Illinois individuals in custody , providing men with evidenced based substance abuse treatment services, and using the Therapeutic Community approach to equip individuals in custody to return to drug-free, crime-free lives upon release. In the Sheridan Correctional Center nation model program, treatment interventions and access to other services are coordinated from the outset. The substance abuse provider collaborates with a cadre of service providers, the Illinois Department of Corrections and Adult Parole to effect community reintegration of returning individuals in custody and improve public safety. Recovering from addiction requires a wide range of social and psychological interventions to confront old behaviors and instill new ones. Sheridan Correctional Center applies clinical best practices and uses a modified therapeutic community model with cognitive self-change. Sheridan Correctional Center staff collaborates with other organizations to clinical reentry management services and community reintegration, including continuing care provided by community-based substance abuse treatment providers.

Sheridan Correctional Center is located approximately 70 miles west of Chicago in LaSalle County and was originally constructed in 1941 as a juvenile facility. On August 13, 1973, it was converted to an adult facility. Sheridan Correctional Center was closed from August 15, 2002, until it reopened on January 2, 2004. Sheridan Correctional Center consists of a total of 75 buildings, which comprise more than 600,000 square feet. There are 13 housing units and a 9-bed health care unit. The facility sits on 270 acres with 80 acres inside the perimeter fencing. The facility houses general population individuals in custody .

Individual in Custody Programs

Academic:

  • Adult Basic Education (ABE)
  • Advanced Adult Basic Education (ADV ABE)
  • Adult Secondary Education (ASE/GED)
  • Lewis University- Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Studies, Minor in Business

Career and Technical Education:

  • Culinary Arts
  • Barbering
  • Welding
  • Warehousing
  • Horticulture
  • Career Technologies
  • Home Builders Institute (HBI)
  • Electricity
  • Carpentry
  • Plumbing
  • Masonry

Industries:

  • Garment Cutting

Volunteer Services:

  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Narcotics Anonymous
  • Bible Studies
  • Fathers Read, Too
  • Inside Out Dads

Other:

  • Positive Parenting Class
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Peer Education Program
  • Drug Education
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Anger Management
  • Young Men's Aggressive Management Groups
  • Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program
  • Leisure Time Activity
  • Chaplaincy
  • Library
  • Inner Circle Groups