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Western Illinois Correctional Center
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Western Illinois Correctional Center is a state prison located in Brown County, Illinois. Rated capacity: 2,175. Reported population: 1,533. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
2,175
Current population
1,533
Occupancy
70%
Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
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
A former inmate described the Western Illinois Correctional Center as having racist guards who treat inmates like children, rating the facility poorly compared to other jails.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project8 Sept 2015
me, now that I’m not in jail, I feel like my voice can make a difference.” Alexander said the Boone County Jail in Columbia, Missouri was “decent” — 3-stars — but called out the Western Illinois Correctional Center — 1 star : “The prison guards are racist and they treat you like little kids. (If you let them).” As for Jennifer Vekris, she gave the Travis County Jail 4 stars, despite having been
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
- 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 (Q28446384)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Western Illinois Correctional Center. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-illinois-correctional-center
"Western Illinois Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-illinois-correctional-center.
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