JACKSONVILLE Correctional Center

[Dazzler]

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[Forevermah]

Jacksonville Correctional Center  

Glen Austin, Warden  

Facility Data

Jacksonville Correctional Center
 Opened: October 1984
 *Operational Capacity: 1,625
 Minimum Security Adult Male
 *Population Jacksonville Correctional Center: 1,004
 *Population Greene County Work Camp: 183
 *Population Pittsfield Work Camp: 384
 *Total Current Population: 1,571
 Average Age: 34
 FY2010 Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $22,543.00
 
*As of 11/30/2011. Reflects bed space capacity analysis as outlined in the January 1, 2012 Quarterly Report to the Legislature.
 
Jacksonville Correctional Center is the parent institution for Greene County Work Camp and Pittsfield Work Camp

Visiting Hours

  

IDOC Visitation Rules and Information—please review before visiting
 
Visitors to any correctional facility will be required to produce photo identification and verification of
 date of birth. Please be sure to bring 2 forms of identification with you; these would include a current photo ID such as a driver’s license, a state ID card, government ID card, military ID/driver’s license, or acceptable documentation of non-U.S. citizenship including a current Passport, or Visa, documentation must contain the visitor’s date of birth. Expired forms of identification will not be
 accepted. Visitors will also be required to provide vehicle information and other pertinent data, such as government identification, official credentials, attorney registration, and or law student certification.
 

Jacksonville Correctional Center
 9:00AM to 8:00PM daily
 Visitors must arrive by 7:00pm
 Inmates are only allowed five visits per month
 


Facility Address

Business Mail:
2268 East Morton Avenue
 Jacksonville, IL 62650
 
Inmate Mail:
Inmate Name & IDOC#
 2268 East Morton Avenue
 Jacksonville, IL 62650
 
Phone: (217) 245-1481
 Fax: (217) 245-1287

Facility Information

Jacksonville Correctional Center is designed to provide for the custody, care and safety of the adult males who have been placed under its jurisdiction. The facility works to provide the inmate population with the skills necessary for a more positive and successful reintegration process back into the community by providing services that focus on the first-time offender as well as the recidivist. The operational and program philosophy, which has been developed at the Jacksonville Correctional Center, focuses on providing opportunities for program participation and increases the range of the individual's responsibility and decision-making authority.
 
The institution consists of approximately 70 acres of which 24 acres are located within the perimeter fencing. The facility consists of 13 buildings containing in excess of 152,000 square feet. The living units consist of five housing units, one segregation unit and a 7-bed health care unit. The Jacksonville Correctional Center is also the parent institution of the Pittsfield Work Camp and Greene County Work Camp.
 
Inmate Programs
 
Academic:
•ABE (Adult Basic Education)
•Pre GED (General Education Development)
•GED (General Education Development)

Vocational:
•Custodial Floor Maintenance
•Horticulture
•Construction Trades
•Career Technology

Industries
 •Telemarketing

Volunteer
 •Religious

Other:
•Substance Abuse
•Chaplaincy
•Alcoholics Anonymous
•Narcotics Anonymous
•Leisure Time Activity
•Individual Counseling
•Parole School
•Reentry Summits
•Library

http://www2.illinois.gov/idoc/facilities/Pages/jacksonvillecorrectionalcenter.aspx

[Dazzler]

Although Pittsfield Work Camp is a satellite facility of Jacksonville C.C. it is not located near the prison.  Pittsfield Camp is about 40 miles west of Jacksonville CC on I-72.  Their phone number is 1-217-285-2280.  If you plan on visiting Pittsfield, it would be best to call in advance to receive the particulars for this facility.

[rsandelli]

It is my knowledge however that the Pittsfield workers do visit in the Jacksonville visiting room.  I was there a while back and you could tell the difference because the guys from the camps had stripes on their pants.  Now, the girl I knew there visiting her husband said they brought him over from the work camp and she had to get there at a certain time.  Just for info..............but as usual, always call and check it out first.

[mattgirl]

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hey guys i am new here and i need to know about jacksonville, my fiance in now at vandalia but he thinks he is getting moved to jacksonville, well thats what sprinfield said but anyways, is it a dorm? and if it is why is a tv on there commisary list can they have tvs in a dorm, also it says they get 5 visits a month but is that anyday you wanna go like if i wanna go once a weekend i can?  i know some say you can only have 2 weekend visits and the rest wekday visits?  are they locked down alot ?  and what kind of schooling do they have, like what kind of classes?  sorry for so many questions but i am so curious!!!! thanks matts girl

[FREDESTINY]

yeah dazz my sweetie is in jacksonville, to answer your question mattgirl the housing is sort of like dorms my sweetie says he shares it with other inmates.
yes they have to by there own tvs with ear plugs, even though they do have access to the television in the rec room my sweetie prefers to have his own so can watch what he wants and when he wants.
you do have 5 visits and i think any day would would be fine, but no more then 5. all my visits have been pleasent. the guards are cooperative if you are. make sure you dress in proper attire nothing see through, or to short, they are very strict on how you dress.
to me i haven't heard any thing about a lockdown since he's been there and he's been there for about 4 months.
i'm sure there are a lot of trades or constructive activities there to get into.
hope i helped a little, but like dazz said forevermah has been here longer then me and she'll cover everthing you want to know.

[mattgirl]

thank you so much what do you mean it is kinda dorm like how many share a room?????

[Forevermah]

Mattgirl, the guys are in rooms like a dorm with 20 guys to a room  .. When your boyfriend gets there, he will be assigned a top bunk and in time, if he wants, he will be able to move to a bottom one, but all the new guys go on top.   

Mah         

[mattgirl]

 it says there are no time limits, so it can be 1 hour up to how many hours, sorry i am being a pain in the butt but i am just verycurious

[Forevermah]

You are never a pain in the butt.. LOL...   You can visit whenever they start at 9am and stay as long as you like, providing the visiting room is not crowded, then its first in, first out..  The weekends are the ones you would have to worry about getting there too early and being asked to leave, in case they get overcrowded. The weekdays you probably would never have that problem..

Keep asking, because that is the only way you are going to learn!  and by you asking someone else just might get their question answered too.

Mah   snowglo

[mattgirl]

has your loved one ever had any problems in there with anyone else like fights or anything like that, i am so worried about mine casue he has always had a short circut b4 the whole 14 months in county, i think hes learning but i am worried that someone is gonna start a fight with him and hes kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place ,fight and go to seg or dont fight and sorry to say but look like a little bitch.  oh yeah its hard for me to understand the whole dorm thing with tvs where do they put em and do they all have tvs, i understand in a reg cell but i really cant seem to picture 20 people in one room and being able to have tvs. do they have little sections for all their stuff?? ././/

[Forevermah]

There is always going to be someone, if you let them get your temper up, that will try to start something, but he is the only one that has to learn to control that. I can tell you this, they Will NOT put up with it at Jacksonville. He will be in seg and on a bus out of there sooner than he can blink.

They have TVs and radios and they all must use headphones, so they do not bother each other.. they learn to cope..  If he follows the rules, keep his nose clean, he'll either have to work or go to school, he'll be fine. When he first gets there, he will go through orientation and they will let him know exactly what they expect from him.  It's his choice if he wants to follow those rules and stay there. Many older inmates there, have been in higher security facilities and have worked their way down and know that Jacksonville is a good facility to be in.. Good luck to him!

[robertamarie]

MATTGIRL,  I AM FROM JACKSONVILLE AND HAVE FRIENDS THAT WORK THERE, SO IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE PLEASE LET ME KNOW,           

[loveyourheart]

My fiancee is also in Jacksonville.  I try to visit all the time but it's hard to do. As long as u go in the week ull be fine. I've spent 6 hours in a visit with my fiancee. Make sure you guys don't do more than hold hands (we've already gotten in trouble for more). And watch the way u dress. He can get pictures taken when u visit so make sure he knows when  ur commingwhat my to see him. From what  my fiancee says there are a lot of young men in there than don't know how to keep to themselves. So make sure u can keep his temper as cool as u can. Min runs into problems with his temper all the time.

[mattgirl]

hey how do they get to take pics in there, do they have to buy a camera and they get it devoloped or do we??? how does that work, can he take a pic with me or just of his visitors???? thanks
amy

[Forevermah]

No mattgirl, the guys have to buy photo coupons through commissary, and at your visit, he turns in the coupons and you can have pictures taken with all his visitors...

[mattgirl]

that is wonderful to hear, thank you guys so much for all the help, do you know if all prisons do that or just that one

[Forevermah]

Not all prisons allow pictures anymore.. everyone is not that lucky..     $%^   )(*_

[mattgirl]

okay well this is another stupid question  ok heres the story he was sent to vandalia and they skrewed up and sent him to the wrong prison well we called springfield and they said he was being screened for jacksonville  doe sthat mean he is going there??? okay 2 weeks ago i called his warden to get a contact visit caseu they had put him in seg and she granted it, so i tried again this week and she said no because he was leaving this week, but he told me on mondays they come with a transfer list to tell him they are leaving wednesday well he didnt get the list saying he was going, could this be they are just not saying for security reasons or he is not going, i guess there was no list at all who knows he is freaking out sitting in seg for something that he hasnt even done :~)

[Forevermah]

mattgirl, have you signed up for VINE service... if not go there and do sign up,  they will notify you immediately either by phone or email, once he is on the bus to any new prison.. For security reasons, I don't think they will be telling him too far in advance what they are going to do with him..  

Also, sometimes when they know they are going to move them, they put them into seg until the move is made to free up his bunk.





Just remember too, that no question is a dumb question.. so keep asking .. frostie1