Pontiac Medium Security Unit 

Facility Data

Pontiac Medium Security Unit

Medium Security Adult Male

Opened: 1937

**Population Pontiac Medium Security Unit: 481

**As of 7/1/13 

Pontiac Correctional Center is the parent institution for Pontiac Medium Security Unit

Visiting Hours

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

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

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