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« on: December 19, 2007, 10:33:38 PM » |
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Post information on Kankakee here..
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2007, 11:38:15 PM » |
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Kankakee Minimum Security Unit
Kankakee Minimum Security Unit (KMSU), a Level 7 facility, is a satellite facility of Dwight Correctional Center. It currently houses 100 offenders with an adult female capacity of 200 on 23 acres of land leased from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Offenders housed at Kankakee provide public service work in community-based programs. Women are house in dorm style units, with 2 inmates per room.
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Sunday through Saturday 9:00am-2:00pm
2 visits per week. A maximum of 6 visitors at a time
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2007, 11:40:34 PM » |
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Inmate Mail:
23813 E. 3200 North Road
Dwight, Il 60420
Facility Address:
37040 S. Ill. Route 102
Manteno, IL 60950
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2008, 08:01:01 PM » |
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Visting
Upon your arrival at Kankakee Minimum Security Unit look for the C/O in a van. They will direct you. Generally they have you park for a vehicle shakedown. Because KMSU is a small facility, they only allow 1 visitor group to enter for sign in at a time. The most time I have been held in the parking lot is 10-15 minutes.
Bring your ID's for the first visit. One picture ID for subsequent visits. The vending card costs $5.00. I am not aware of limits. I generally put $20 on at a time.
The staff is most cordial.
We got "busted" for holding hands. Apparently an inmate got caught holding something else in November. So, hugs & kisses at hello & goodbye are OK. Otherwise, keep yer mitts off.
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2008, 06:58:02 AM » |
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Hope you didn't lose your visits Sept?
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2008, 08:20:28 AM » |
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Hi Jewels:
No I didn't lose visiting. The C/O was good about it. She gave me the "I know you're just holding hands, but some other people take it too far." This happened fairly early on in K's stay. One of many small things taken away that stun me about incarceration.
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2008, 02:49:36 PM » |
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Another one of those IDOC inconsistencies in the rules. I never understood why at some facilites hand holding is allowed, and at others, it isn't. What is the harm in hand holding? My guy is at a level 2 facility, and hand holding is allowed, but at a minimum security prison, it isn't allowed? Go figure... ^%$#
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« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2008, 03:01:40 PM » |
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w8, it's not so much the levels, it's the rules of the facility, the wardens rules of that facility. The rules at some of the minimums/high minimums were more strict then Menard, until recently. Go figure!
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« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2008, 05:50:54 PM » |
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Thanks Mah for that explanation. It's an effort in futuility trying to figure some of these rules out. It's nice to have a place like IPT where we can share information about the different facilities. I just think it is ridiculous to not allow couples to hold hands. (>(
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2008, 07:06:49 AM » |
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No hand holding, NO touching after the intial hug and kiss at Stateville. J always says he looks forward to his hug and kiss at the beginning of our visit and dreads the one at the finish of the visit because he knows he cannot touch again until the next time. They miss touch and it is so much a part of the human experience, being able to touch and feel another's skin.
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« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2008, 11:03:38 PM » |
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Update on the vending cards at Kankakee. I was visiting K today and asked the C/O about the maximum amount allowed on the card and he told me the max is $25.00.
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« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2008, 11:51:08 AM » |
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can someone please tell me what womens facility is located in kankakee
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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2008, 12:14:29 PM » |
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ok at first it said parent institution dwight location dwight now it says parent institution dwight location kankakee does anyone know what this means
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« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2008, 12:20:17 PM » |
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Yes, Mah posted the links above for you. Kankakee is Dwight's minimum security women's prison in Kankakee, Ill. It's a very small, relaxed prison. I think it only holds a few hundred women. It's a good place to get into, if you have to be in prison. I know someone who was sentenced there and she said the place was very cool....
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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2008, 11:50:34 AM » |
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Hey Sept. I tried to search for the facility address below, but can't get any of the search engines to show me a correct location. Can you give directions to the facility from I-57 southbound out of chicago?
Thanks,
Facility Address:
37040 S. Ill. Route 102
Manteno, IL 60950[/b]
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