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Menard Correctional Center
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Background
Menard Correctional Center, known prior to 1970 as Southern Illinois Penitentiary, is an Illinois state prison located in the town of Chester in Randolph County, Illinois. It houses maximum-security and high-medium-security adult males. The average daily population as of 2007 was 3,410. Menard Correctional Center opened in March 1878; it is the second oldest operating prison in Illinois, and, by a large margin, the state's largest prison. Menard once housed death row; however, on January 10, 2003, the Condemned Unit closed when then Governor George Ryan granted clemency to all Illinois death row inmates.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1878
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Illinois Department of Corrections
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1878
Region
IL
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Data completeness
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Sources
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- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
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