Pontiac Medium Security Unit
Michael Melvin, Warden
Facility Data
Facility Data
Pontiac Medium Security Unit
Opened: 1937
*Operational Capacity: 431
Medium Security Adult Male
**Population Pontiac Medium Security Unit: 351
*Operational capacity is the maximum amount of beds a facility has; to include all health care, crisis, segregation, protective custody, isolation, R&Cs, and future beds that are down for repair. Data reflects a bed space capacity census that was conducted in CY19.
**As of 6/30/18
Pontiac Correctional Center is the parent institution for Pontiac Medium Security Unit.
Visiting Hours
The facility is on Administrative Quarantine with no visits. Phone calls and video visits will continue as normal.
Visiting Hours
Visitor ADA Accommodations
IDOC Visitation Rules and Information
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.
8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Visitors must arrive by 1:30 p.m. to be processed.
Facility Address
Facility Address
Physical Address:
700 West Lincoln Street
Pontiac, IL 61764
Business Mail:
P.O. Box 99
Pontiac, IL 61764
Inmate Mail:
Inmate Name & IDOC#
P.O. Box 99
Pontiac, IL 61764
Phone: (815) 842-2816
Fax: (815) 842-3420
Facility Information
Facility Information
Pontiac Medium Security Unit is located on the grounds of Pontiac Correctional Center. It is a medium security adult male facility located in Livingston County.
The mission of the Pontiac Correctional Center is to protect the general public through incarceration, supervision, programs and services designated to return offenders to the community with the skills to be useful and productive citizens.
Inmate Programs
Academic:
- ABE (Adult Basic Education)
- GED (General Education Development)
- Career Technology
Other:
- Substance Abuse Education
- Inside Out Dads
- Lifestyle Redirection
- Better Man/Better Dad
- Peoria Job Partnership
- Convicted to Change
- Transformed Life
- Storybook Reading Project