Marvin Reed, Warden
Facility Data
Jacksonville Correctional Center
Opened: October 1984
*Operational Capacity: 1,625
Minimum Security Adult Male
**Population Jacksonville Correctional Center: 1,012
**Population Greene Co. Impact Incarceration Program: 94
**Population Pittsfield Work Camp: 400
**Total Population: 1,506
Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $22,763 (FY12)
*As of 5/31/2013. Reflects bed space capacity analysis as outlined in the July 1, 2013 Quarterly Report to the Legislature.
**As of July 1, 2013
Jacksonville Correctional Center is the parent institution for Greene County IIP and Pittsfield Work Camp
Visiting Hours
IDOC Visitation Rules and Information—please review before visiting
Jacksonville Correctional Center Visitation Hours, Rules and Regulations
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
8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Visitors will not be admitted between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. or after 6:00 p.m. Offenders are permitted seven (7) visits per month, however, only three (3) visits per month may occur on the weekends or holidays.
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 Incarceration Program.
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
Volunteer
Other:
- Substance Abuse
- Chaplaincy
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Leisure Time Activity
- Individual Counseling
- Parole School
- Reentry Summits
- Library