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Pontiac Correctional Center is a state prison located in Livingston County, Illinois. Rated capacity: 2,947. Reported population: 780. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
2,947
Current population
780
Occupancy
26%
Year opened
1871
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1871
Region
Illinois
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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or others to danger. But that isolation should be measured in hours, not decades. – Alan Mills, UPLC As I have been on this chat, I was handed a letter from a man in solitary in Pontiac Correctional Center here in Illinois. He had been treated for a serious mental illness as a kid. In prison, he was sent to solitary in 1995, at the age of 19. He has been in solitary ever since. He is currently
nd robbery. He landed in solitary at Menard after testing positive for crack cocaine. Fox, then 28, was serving a life sentence for murder. He had been in single-cell solitary at Pontiac Correctional Center for attacking a former cellmate and telling a social worker he fantasized about dismembering him. He was then transferred to Menard — and double celled. After Fox and Daczewitz were placed
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World Prisons. (2026). Pontiac Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pontiac-correctional-center
"Pontiac Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pontiac-correctional-center.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Pontiac Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pontiac-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}