United States · Illinois · Pinckneyville
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Pinckneyville Correctional Center is a state prison located in Perry County, Illinois. Rated capacity: 2,964. Reported population: 2,087. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
2,964
Current population
2,087
Occupancy
70%
Year opened
1998
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1998
Region
Illinois
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
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the day before. By Friday afternoon, all had walked out of the prisons where they were being held. “It feels good to be out,” Kaleb Martin said in a phone call, after leaving the Pinckneyville Correctional Center in southern Illinois, where he was met by his sister. Martin had been sentenced to six years in adult prison for biting a guard he claimed put him in a chokehold that blocked his
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World Prisons. (2026). Pinckneyville Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pinckneyville-correctional-center
"Pinckneyville Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pinckneyville-correctional-center.
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