United States · Illinois · Ina
Big Muddy River Correctional Center
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Big Muddy River Correctional Center is a state prison located in Jefferson County, Illinois. Rated capacity: 2,117. Reported population: 1,179. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Big Muddy River Correctional Center is a medium-security state prison for men located in Ina, Jefferson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. The facility was first opened in 1993, and has a working capacity of 1,958. It is notable for being the only state prison in Illinois to have a SDP (Sexually Dangerous Person) treatment program. Adler University offers online college classes for those incarcerated at Big Muddy.
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Capacity
2,117
Current population
1,179
Occupancy
56%
Year opened
1993
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1993
Region
Illinois
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Illinois — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446385)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Big Muddy River Correctional Center. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/big-muddy-river-correctional-center
"Big Muddy River Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/big-muddy-river-correctional-center.
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