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Logan Correctional Center

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Logan Correctional Center is a state prison located in Logan County, Illinois. Rated capacity: 2,284. Reported population: 1,510. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

Logan Correctional Center is an American prison in the state of Illinois for female offenders in Broadwell Township, Logan County, Illinois, near Lincoln and 30 miles (48 km) north of Springfield. The 150-acre (61 ha) prison opened in January 1978. A 57-acre (23 ha) plot of fenced land houses general population prisoners. It lies just south of the Lincoln Correctional Center, a facility for male offenders. Until mid-2000, Illinois had coed prisons, housing both male and female inmates in the same prison.

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Capacity

2,284

Current population

1,510

Occupancy

66%

Year opened

1978

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1978

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

Former warden Maggie Burke stated that grievances routinely disappeared at Logan Correctional Center, indicating a broken system for tracking abuse and health care issues.

Contact & address

1096 1350Th Street, Lincoln 62656
(217) 735-5581
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

8/100
Low concern8/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
3/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record
  • · Severe-conditions keyword in sources

This facility scores 8. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 6 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 66% · peers avg: 93% (29%)
Capacity (beds)this: 2284 · peers avg: 547 (+318%)

Reports

  • marshall-project6 May 2021

    was no joy attached to its delivery — only dark memories of the violent, degrading strip search that I and hundreds of other women endured as part of a cadet training exercise at Logan Correctional Center. Life Inside Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive “Life Inside” emailed to you every week. Related Stories The search took place on the

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  • propublica2 Dec 2020

    with the grievance system and said they made changes to improve tracking. Hokyoung Kim for ProPublica Maggie Burke, a former state corrections official who retired as warden of Logan Correctional Center in 2017, said grievances routinely disappeared. “If it was just an occasional ‘my grievance disappeared,’ ... I would think that it was someone who was exaggerating,” she said, adding, “But it

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Data completeness

74%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-logan-correctional-center,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Logan Correctional Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/logan-correctional-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}