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Decatur Correctional Center

Shelith Hansbro, Day-to-Day Warden

Facility Data

Decatur Correctional Center
Opened: January 2000
*Operational Capacity: 707
Nursery Operational Capacity: 8
Minimum Security Female
Population: 327 (as of 6/30/23)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $72,581 (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 please review before visiting

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

Video Visitation

Video visitation hours are Sunday through Saturday 8:30a to 11:00a, 1:00p to 2:30p and 5:00p to 9:00p. Visitors should log on 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Video Visitation Guidelines

Facility Address

Business Mail:
2310 East Mound Road
P.O. Box 3066
Decatur, IL 62524

Individual in Custody Mail:
Individuals in Custody Name & IDOC#
P.O. Box 3066
Decatur, IL 62524

Phone: (217) 877-0353
Fax: (217) 875-6539

Facility Information

The mission of the Decatur Correctional Center includes providing a continuum of programs and services to help female individuals in custody reestablish and strengthen their relationships with their children and enhance their ability to grow within the family structure. The facility offers female individuals in custody a variety of programs aimed at achieving these goals that also address the diverse needs of the individuals in custody, including medical, social, psychological and educational needs. All programs are intended to equip the female individual in custody for a successful reintegration back into the community.

On Jan. 24, 2000, the Decatur Correctional Center received its first female individuals in custody. The facility is a minimum security female facility with eight dormitory style-housing units.

Individual in Custody Programs

Academic:

  • Adult Basic Education (ABE)
  • Advanced Adult Basic Education (ADV ABE)
  • Adult Secondary Education (ASE/GED)
  • Autumn Taylor Initiative through Millikin University

Career and Technical Education:

  • Career Technologies
  • Culinary Arts
  • Horticulture
  • Manufacturing
  • Warehousing

Industries:

  • Upholstery
  • Furniture manufacturing
  • Individual in Custody apparel production
  • Basic dog grooming
  • Kennel keeping

Substance Abuse:

  • Wells Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Education
  • TASC - Post Release Case Management

Volunteer Services:

  • Mom & Me Summer Camp
  • Mom & Me Mother's Day
  • Project Storybook
  • Project READ
  • Religious Services
  • Tutoring

Reunification:

  • Reunification Program
  • Moms and Babies
  • Family Connections Visitations
  • Angel Tree
  • Parent & Child Together Video Conferencing

Reentry:

  • Job Preparedness
  • Reentry Summit
  • Out-In-A-Week

Other:

  • Parenting
  • Youthful Individual in Custody Counselor
  • Youthful Individual in Custody Support Group
  • Life Skills
  • Geri-Active Program
  • Anger Management
  • Lifestyle Redirection
  • Healing Through a Positive Self-Image
  • Smoking Cessation
  • HIV Education and Support Group
  • Mental Health
  • Daughters of Destiny - Chaplaincy aftercare mentoring program