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Lincoln Correctional Center
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Lincoln Correctional Center is a state prison located in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Rated capacity: 468. Reported population: 510. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Lincoln Correctional Center is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. The facility was opened in 1984 and has a capacity of 1019 inmates at a minimum security level. The campus is adjacent to the Logan Correctional Center and to Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area (formerly known as Railsplitter State Park).
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
468
Current population
510
Occupancy
109%
Year opened
1984
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1984
Region
Nebraska
Security level
Maximum
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
In spring 2011, officers at Lincoln Correctional Center ordered about 200 women out of their housing unit and conducted strip-searches in a gymnasium, wielding batons and shields.
Notable inmates
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 109% of design capacity
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project6 May 2021
nt I thought I could somehow forget. But how could I forget when the same thing had happened two years prior? That abusive cadet training exercise took place on March 31, 2011 at Lincoln Correctional Center. As with my second experience, male and female staff, officers and cadets woke us up early in the morning, screaming: “Get up, get dressed and don’t say a word! If you do, you’re going to
- propublica2 Dec 2020
ettled with the state agreeing to provide accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. Disappearing Grievances, Frustrated Prisoners In the spring of 2011, officers at Lincoln Correctional Center ordered about 200 women out of their housing unit. Wielding batons and shields, officers marched the prisoners into a gymnasium and conducted a series of strip-searches, according to a lawsuit
Data 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
- North Carolina Department of Adult Correction â Prison Facilities — State of North Carolina
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446394)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Lincoln Correctional Center. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lincoln-correctional-center
"Lincoln Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lincoln-correctional-center.
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