Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [2]
Illinois River Correctional Center: 3 – High Medium: 2,094 Menard Medium Security Unit: 3 – High Medium: 441 Pontiac Medium Security Unit: 3 – High Medium: 488 Shawnee Correctional Center: 3 – High Medium: 2,147 Centralia Correctional Center: 4 – Medium: 1,528 Decatur Correctional Center: 4 – Medium: 790 Graham Correctional Center ...
The Illinois Department of Corrections Menard Correctional Center is located in the Menard area and in Chester. [3] [4] Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Menard, Tamms, and Pontiac correctional centers. After that date, only Pontiac continued to host the male death row.
Menard Correctional Center; P. Federal Correctional Institution, Pekin; Pinckneyville Correctional Center; ... Western Illinois Correctional Center This page was last ...
10. Illinois. The Land of Lincoln has about 53,000 people in prison. The biggest prison in Illinois is the Menard Correctional Center, located near the Illinois-Missouri border.
The facility is operated by the State of Illinois in Chester, Illinois, and is a part of the Illinois Department of Human Services, formerly the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. It is adjacent to the Menard Correctional Center. The other secure mental health center in Illinois is Elgin Mental Health Center ...
The electric chair was first used at Stateville in 1949. Prior to that the electric chair was housed at the Joliet Correctional Center. [7] The state's other electrocutions were carried out at the Menard Correctional Center in Chester and at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. In July 1977, capital punishment was reinstated in Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Corrections Menard Correctional Center is located in Chester. [22] [23] Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Menard, Tamms, and Pontiac correctional centers. After that date, only Pontiac continued to host the male death row. [24]