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Pinckneyville Correctional Center is a medium disciplinary-security Illinois state prison located in the town of Pinckneyville in Perry County. Pinckneyville first opened its doors in 1998, the facility consists of five general population housing units. As well as a reception unit, segregation, administration, health care unit. Notable Inmates
In January 2019, the prison facility was fully activated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In March 2020, the prison facility was renamed the United States Penitentiary, Thomson (USP Thomson). Security levels. The Illinois Department of Corrections uses a three level security designation system that encompasses three points of data.
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Pinckneyville is located on Illinois Route 13 about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of St. Louis. According to the 2010 census, Pinckneyville has a total area of 4.315 square miles (11.18 km 2), of which 4.04 square miles (10.46 km 2) (or 93.63%) is land and 0.275 square miles (0.71 km 2) (or 6.37%) is water. Demographics
A prison is still under lockdown after a group of inmates attacked corrections officers at the Massachusetts facility where Aaron Hernandez was once held.
August 10, 2000. The Perry County Jail, also known as the Perry County Jail Museum, is a history museum and historic jail in Pinckneyville, Illinois. Built in 1871, the jail was the second county jail used by Perry County. The county's first jail was built in 1833-34 and was demolished to make room for the new jail; [2] it was a two-story brick ...
A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to ...
Opened. 1871. Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections. Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3.