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Hill Correctional Center

Tyrone Baker, Warden

Facility Data

Hill Correctional Center
Opened: October 1986
*Operational Capacity: 1,812
Medium Security Adult Male
Population: 1,189 (as of 6/30/24)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $25,735 (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 Hill Correctional Center, you must sign up in advance.

Effective June 8, 2023, in-person visiting hours will be as follows:

8:30am - 12:30pm

10:30am - 2:30pm

Video Visitation

Video visitation hours are Sunday through Saturday 8:30a to 2:30p and 4:00p to 5:30p. Visitors should log on 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Video Visitation Guidelines

Facility Address

Business Mail:
600 South Linwood Road
P.O. Box 1700
Galesburg, IL 61402

 

Individual in Custody Mail:
Individual in Custody Name & IDOC#
P.O. Box 1700
Galesburg, IL 61402

 

Phone: (309) 343-4212
Fax: (309) 343-4287

 

Facility Information

Hill Correctional Center, located in Galesburg, a north central community, is a medium security adult male prison within the state of Illinois.

Hill Correctional Center is comprised of 71 acres of land, 38 acres within the security fences. The facility is situated in the southwest corner of Galesburg. The facility consists of a total of 29 buildings. The living units consist of four housing units and one orientation/receiving unit. In addition, there is one segregation unit, a 17-bed infirmary unit and two main recreational yards.

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
  • Career Technologies
  • Automotive Technology
  • Horticulture
  • Warehousing

Industries:

  • Milk
  • Juice
  • Meat

Volunteer:

  • Religious
  • Alcoholics Anonymous

Other:

  • Lifestyle Redirection
  • Life Skills, TRAC 1
  • Parole School
  • Reentry Summits
  • Substance Abuse Education
  • Anger Management
  • Leisure Time Activity
  • Chaplaincy
  • Library Activities - Legal and General
  • Empathy Skills Group
  • Inside Out Dads
  • Fatherhood Initiative