Menard Correctional Center
Anthony Wills, Warden
Facility Data
Menard Correctional Center
Opened: March 1878
*Operational Capacity: 2,389
Maximum Security Adult Male
Population Menard Correctional Center: 1,538
Population Menard Medium Security Unit: 320
Population Menard Reception & Classification Center: 67
Total Population: 1,925 (as of 6/30/24)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $44,230 (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.
Menard Correctional Center is the parent institution for Menard Medium Security Unit and Menard Reception and Classification Center.