State Prison In Illinois
Stateville Correctional Center
Stateville Correctional Center Mindi Nurse, Warden Facility Data Stateville Correctional Center Opened: March 1925 *Operational Capacity: 3,020 Maximum Security Adult Male Stateville Correctional Center Population: 422 Northern Reception and Classification Center Population: 1,312 Stateville Minimum Security Unit: 146 Total Population: 568 (as of 6/30/24) Average Annual Cost Per Individual: $61,304 (FY22) *Operational capacity is the maximum n...
https://idoc.illinois.gov/facilities/correctionalfacilities/facility.stateville-correctional-center.html
Is Your Jail Ready for 2026? Five Critical Health Care Compliance Changes You Need to Know: Amundsen Davis
Overview If you manage or provide health care in an Illinois jail, 2026 brings significant changes affecting your operations. These are not minor adjustments, either; they are fundamental shifts in standards, federal requirements, and legal expectations. Here is what is coming and how to prepare.
https://www.amundsendavislaw.com/alert-is-your-jail-ready-for-2026-five-critical-health-care-compliance-changes-you-need-to-know
Illinois Pitches Two New Prisons as a Way to Modernize and Address Aging Facilities. Some Advocates Aren’t Sold | Chicago News | WTTW
Illinois Pitches Two New Prisons as a Way to Modernize and Address Aging Facilities. Some Advocates Aren’t Sold As Illinois’ prison population sits at a near 30-year low, the Illinois Department of Corrections has put out a bid to build two new 1,500-single-celled facilities.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/10/illinois-pitches-two-new-prisons-way-modernize-and-address-aging-facilities-some
2026 — Policy Statements — John Howard Association of Illinois
John Howard Association Public Comment on the Proposed Rule Regarding Mail, Privileged Communications and Receipt of Publications for People in Illinois’ State Prisons Submitted to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules by the Illinois Department of Corrections (January 5, 2026) Read More...
https://www.thejha.org/statements-and-testimony/tag/2026
Bill Text: IL HB2367 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced | LegiScan
Bill Text: IL HB2367 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates provisions that a person must serve various percentages for particular offenses. Provides that the rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections shall provide that the individual in custody shall receive one day of sentence credit for each day of service in prison other than when a sentence of...
https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB2367/id/3092257
STATEVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER - Updated January 2026 - 16830 IL-53, Lockport, Illinois - Jails & Prisons - Phone Number - Yelp
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🚨 Step into a... - Illinois Department of Corrections
If you're a Democrat and a Republican gets into office you will not have a job same as vice versa. If a Democrat gets in and you're Republican you will not have a job guaranteed. In 8 years of working in corrections in Illinois I seen three wardens. New of multiple wardens that got moved from spot to spot to spot.
https://www.facebook.com/ilidoc/posts/-step-into-a-leadership-role-in-2026-the-illinois-department-of-corrections-is-l/1202559128727789/What Illinois laws take effect on January 1, 2026? | Illinois Legal Aid Online
Business & Work Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help. In 2025, Illinois lawmakers passed over 460 new laws. This article highlights only a few. Unless otherwise noted, these new laws go into effect on January 1, 2026.
https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/what-illinois-laws-take-effect-january-1-2026
Stateville Minimum Security Unit
Stateville Minimum Security Unit Mindi Nurse, Warden Facility Data Stateville Minimum Security Unit Opened: October 2003 *Operational Capacity: 192 Minimum Security Adult Male Population: 146 (as of 6/30/24) *Operational capacity is the maximum number of beds a facility has; to include all health care, crisis, restricted housing, protective custody, isolation, R&Cs, and future beds that are down for repair.
https://idoc.illinois.gov/facilities/allfacilities/facility.stateville-minimum-security-unit.html
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Preservation and construction experts have been busy all year long stabilizing, restoring and preserving several buildings at the Old Joliet Prison. The Old Joliet Prison Historic Site is closed until March 2026. Check back soon for ticket details! The Old Joliet Prison Historic Site is closed until March 2026. Check back soon for ticket details! Book a tour at the Old Joliet Prison!
https://www.jolietprison.org/
Oversight panel OKs rule on digitized prison mail in Illinois with new changes | NPR Illinois
CHICAGO — A state legislative oversight committee Friday permitted the Illinois Department of Corrections to formally adopt permanent rules that allow it to scan and digitize mail of those in custody, in a blow to prison reform advocates. The rule was originally introduced under pressure from Republican legislators and the IDOC workers’ union after a series of substance exposures in the fall of 2024 left correctional staff hospitalized.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-01-12/oversight-panel-oks-rule-on-digitized-prison-mail-in-illinois-with-new-changes
Nearly 100 People Died in Illinois Jails Over 4 Years
However, a monthslong investigation by the Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team and The Pantagraph show that many of these deaths — whether they are the result of withdrawal, chronic medical conditions or mental health complications — could be prevented. Jail officials have pointed to a lack of both a sustainable funding source for inmate services and a skilled workforce trained to recognize and respond to medical and mental health...
https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/nearly-100-people-died-in-illinois-jails-over-4-years
SB1676 | Illinois 2025-2026 | CORRECTIONS-SUPERVISED RELEASE - Legislative Tracking | PolicyEngage
− Summary Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall be the authority for setting conditions for mandatory supervised release under specified provisions and determining whether a violation of those conditions warrant revocation of mandatory supervised release or the imposition of other sanctions.
https://trackbill.com/bill/illinois-senate-bill-1676-corrections-supervised-release/2648079/
The State of Illinois Newsroom
Gov. Pritzker Signs Bipartisan Clean Slate Act Illinois becomes 13th state to create automatic records relief process for individuals with non-violent criminal convictions January 16, 2026 CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the bipartisan Clean Slate Act (HB 1836), a law that will automate the state's record-sealing system process for individuals with certain non-violent convictions following a waiting period.
https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker-signs-bipartisan-clean-slate-act
It’s Hard to Stay Hopeful When You’re Facing ‘Death by Incarceration’ | The Marshall Project
In late July 2025, I received a new memo on my electronic tablet from Daniel F. Martuscello III, the commissioner of New York’s corrections department. Since he’d started the job two years prior, he’d been taking a new, transparent approach with us prisoners: keeping us informed via our tablets.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/16/lamarr-knox-new-york-prison-politics
Federalism and State Constitutional Rights in 2026 | State Court Report
Federalism and State Constitutional Rights in 2026 The killing of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent thrust into the spotlight questions about when and how states can hold federal officials accountable. You’re reading State Court Report’s biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox.
https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/federalism-and-state-constitutional-rights-2026
Bill Text: IL SB2632 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced | LegiScan
Bill Text: IL SB2632 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced Bill Title: Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Illinois Prison Project for the purposes of legal support, representation, and education for incarcerated persons in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
https://legiscan.com/IL/text/SB2632/id/3169922