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Vandalia Correctional Center

Leanna Williams, Warden

Facility Data

Vandalia Correctional Center
Opened: 1921
*Operational Capacity: 1,003
Minimum Security Adult Male
Vandalia Correctional Center Population: 519 (as of 6/30/24)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $98,825 (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 Vandalia Correctional Center, you must sign up in advance.

Video Visitation

Video visitation hours are Sunday through Saturday 8:30a to 1:30a and 3:00p to 7:00p. Visitors should log on 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Video Visitation Guidelines

Facility Address

Business Mail:
Route 51 North
P.O. Box 500
Vandalia, Il 62471

Individual in Custody Mail:
Individual in Custody Name & IDOC#
P.O. Box  500
Vandalia, IL 62471

Phone: (618) 283-4170
Fax: (618) 283-9147

Facility Information

The mission of the Vandalia Correctional Center includes maintaining a safe and secure environment for all staff and individuals in custody as well as providing programs designed to assist individuals in custody in their reentry into society. To attain maximum success of these programs, security and accountability of individuals in custody remains the center's main goal.

The Vandalia Correctional Center, located 85 miles southeast of Springfield, was established as the original prison farm operation in Illinois housing entirely misdemeanor individuals in custody . The center has a dorm-type setting with 113 buildings, totaling 412,000 square feet. Total acreage is 1,520 with eight acres contained within the perimeter 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:

  • Construction Occupations
  • Career Technologies
  • Horticulture
  • Welding

Industries:

  • Milk Production
  • Juice Production
  • Turkey Processing
  • Vegetable Oil Processing
  • Spice Production

Volunteer Services:

  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Bible Studies
  • Religious

Other:

  • Chaplaincy
  • Fatherhood Initiative
  • Leisure Time Activity
  • Library
  • Field Services
  • TRAC 1
  • Orientation
  • Lifestyle Redirection
  • Drug Education
  • Parenting
  • Inside Out Dads
  • Hot Topics Presentations
  • Parole School
  • Anger Management
  • HIV Peer Groups
  • Anger Management