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Western Illinois Correctional Center

Brittany Greene, Warden

Facility Data

Western Illinois Correctional Center
Opened: April 1989
*Operational Capacity: 2,123
Medium Security Adult Male
Western Illinois Correctional Center Population: 1,692
Clayton County Work Camp Population: 39
Total Population: 1,731 (as of 6/30/23)
Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $29,839 (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.

Western Illinois Correctional Center is the parent institution for Clayton Work Camp

Visitation

Visitor ADA Accommodations

IDOC Visitation Rules and Information

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

Video Visitation Hours

Video visitation hours are Sunday through Saturday 9:00a to 12:30p and 2:00p to 5:30p. Visitors should log on 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Video Visitation Guidelines

Facility Address

Business Mail:
2500 Rt. 99 South
Mount Sterling, IL 62353

Individual in Custody Mail:
Individual in Custody Name & IDOC#
2500 Rt. 99 South
Mount Sterling, IL 62353

Phone: (217) 773-4441
Fax: (217) 773-2202

Facility Information

Western Illinois Correctional Center adheres to the mission of the Illinois Department of Corrections, which is to protect the public from criminal individuals in custody through a system of incarceration and supervision, which securely segregates individuals in custody from society, assures individual in custodys of their constitutional rights and maintains programs to enhance the success of individuals' in custody  reentry into society.

The Western Illinois Correctional Center houses general population individuals in custody . The center has 21 buildings inside a perimeter fence surrounding 32 acres. The buildings include four housing units, administration building, health care unit, a receiving and segregation unit, dietary department, a warehouse and maintenance complex, a multi-purpose building housing academic, vocational and gymnasium, and a Correctional Industry meat processing plant.

Individual in Custody Programs

Academic:

  • Adult Basic Education (ABE)
  • Advanced Adult Basic Education (ADV ABE)
  • Adult Secondary Education (ASE/GED)

Career and Technical Education:

  • Automotive Technology
  • Construction Occupations
  • Horticulture
  • Career Technologies
  • College Academic
  • Culinary Arts

Industries:

  • Meat Processing

Volunteer Services:

  • Religious

Other:

  • Life Style Redirections
  • Substance Abuse Education
  • Anger Management
  • Leisure Time Activity
  • Chaplaincy
  • Library
  • Community Work Crews
  • Parole School
  • Individual Counseling