# Prisons and Jails in Illinois: All 154 on a Map (List + Data) | InstaMaps

> Illinois has 154 prisons and jails (3.1% of the US), #7 by count and #35 per person. From HIFLD Prison Boundaries. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Prisons and Jails in Illinois

Illinois has **154 prisons and jails**: 3.1% of the US total of 4,960\. That ranks **#7 by count** and **#35 per person** (1.21 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Illinois has 154 prisons and jails, 3.1% of the US total of 4,960.
* That ranks #7 of 51 by count and #35 per person (1.21 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 449.
* By type: 45 state prisons, 96 county jails, 9 federal, 3 local jails.
* Source: HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release, 2025.

#35

national rank (per capita)

154

prisons and jails

1.21

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release, 2025\. Each facility at the centre of its boundary, with its type (federal, state, county, local) and city. The Prison Policy Initiative counts 5,077 facilities (2026); counts differ by which kinds of facility are included.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Illinois: 154 rows (CSV)](/downloads/prisons-jails/illinois.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/prisons-jails/us.csv)

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## All 154 prisons and jails in Illinois

| #   | Name                                             | Details                |
| --- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------- |
| 1   | Adams County Jail                                | County · Quincy        |
| 2   | Alton City Jail                                  | Local · Alton          |
| 3   | Aurora Detention Center                          | Local · Aurora         |
| 4   | Big Muddy River Correctional Center              | State · Ina            |
| 5   | Boone County Jail                                | County · Belvidere     |
| 6   | Bureau County Jail                               | County · Princeton     |
| 7   | Calhoun County Jail                              | County · Hardin        |
| 8   | Carroll County Correctional Facility             | County · Mt Carroll    |
| 9   | Centralia Correctional Center                    | State · Centralia      |
| 10  | Champaign County Downtown Jail                   | County · Urbana        |
| 11  | Champaign County Satellite Jail                  | County · Urbana        |
| 12  | Christian County Correctional Center             | County · Taylorville   |
| 13  | Clark County Jail                                | County · Marshall      |
| 14  | Clay County Jail                                 | County · Louisville    |
| 15  | Clayton Work Camp                                | State · Clayton        |
| 16  | Clinton County Jail                              | County · Carlyle       |
| 17  | Coles County Jail                                | County · Charleston    |
| 18  | Cook County Jails                                | County · Chicago       |
| 19  | Crawford County Jail                             | County · Robinson      |
| 20  | Crossroads ATC                                   | State · Chicago        |
| 21  | Cumberland County Jail                           | County · Toledo        |
| 22  | Danville Correctional Center                     | State · Danville       |
| 23  | Decatur Correctional Center                      | State · Decatur        |
| 24  | Dekalb County Jail                               | County · Sycamore      |
| 25  | Dewitt County Jail                               | County · Clinton       |
| 26  | Dixon Correctional Center                        | State · Dixon          |
| 27  | Dixon Springs Impact Incarceration Program (iip) | State · Golconda       |
| 28  | Douglas County Jail                              | County · Tuscola       |
| 29  | Du Quoin Structured Impact Program (dqsip)       | State · Du Quoin       |
| 30  | Dupage County Jail                               | County · Wheaton       |
| 31  | East Alton Jail                                  | Local · East Alton     |
| 32  | East Moline Correctional Center                  | State · East Moline    |
| 33  | Edgar County Jail                                | County · Paris         |
| 34  | Edwards County Jail                              | County · Albion        |
| 35  | Effingham County Jail                            | County · Effingham     |
| 36  | Fayette County Jail                              | County · Vandalia      |
| 37  | FCI Greenville                                   | Federal · Greenville   |
| 38  | FCI Greenville Camp                              | Federal · Greenville   |
| 39  | FCI Pekin                                        | Federal · Pekin        |
| 40  | FCI Pekin Camp                                   | Federal · Pekin        |
| 41  | FCI Thomson                                      | Federal · Thomson      |
| 42  | FCI Thomson Camp                                 | Federal · Thomson      |
| 43  | Ford County Jail                                 | County · Paxton        |
| 44  | Fox Valley ATC                                   | State · Aurora         |
| 45  | Franklin County Jail                             | County · Benton        |
| 46  | Fulton County Jail                               | County · Lewistown     |
| 47  | Graham Correctional Center                       | State · Hillsboro      |
| 48  | Greene County Jail                               | County · Carrollton    |
| 49  | Greene County Work Camp                          | State · Roodhouse      |
| 50  | Grundy County Jail                               | County · Morris        |
| 51  | Hancock County Jail                              | County · Carthage      |
| 52  | Hardin County Jail                               | County · Elizabethtown |
| 53  | Henderson County Jail                            | County · Oquawka       |
| 54  | Henry County Jail                                | County · Cambridge     |
| 55  | Hill Correctional Center                         | State · Galesburg      |
| 56  | Idhs Treatment / Detention Facility              | State · Rushville      |
| 57  | Illinois River Correctional Center               | State · Canton         |
| 58  | Iroquois County Jail                             | County · Watseka       |
| 59  | Jackson County Jail                              | County · Murphysboro   |
| 60  | Jacksonville Correctional Center                 | State · Jacksonville   |
| 61  | Jasper County Jail                               | County · Newton        |
| 62  | Jefferson County Jail                            | County · Mount Vernon  |
| 63  | Jerome Combs Detention Center                    | County · Kankakee      |
| 64  | Jersey County Jail                               | County · Jerseyville   |
| 65  | Jo Daviess County Jail                           | County · Galena        |
| 66  | Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center                | State · Joliet         |
| 67  | Joliet Treatment Center                          | State · Joliet         |
| 68  | Kane County Jail                                 | County · St Charles    |
| 69  | Kankakee County Detention Center                 | County · Kankakee      |
| 70  | Kendall County Jail                              | County · Yorkville     |
| 71  | Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center              | State · Kewanee        |
| 72  | Knox County Jail / Sheriff                       | County · Galesburg     |
| 73  | Lake County Adult Correctional Center            | County · Waukegan      |
| 74  | Lake County Community Based Corrections          | County · Waukegan      |
| 75  | Lasalle County Jail                              | County · Ottawa        |
| 76  | Lawrence Correctional Center                     | State · Sumner         |
| 77  | Lawrence County Jail                             | County · Lawrenceville |
| 78  | Lee County Jail                                  | County · Dixon         |
| 79  | Lee County Jail (old)                            | County · Dixon         |
| 80  | Lincoln Correctional Center                      | State · Lincoln        |
| 81  | Livingston County Jail                           | County · Pontiac       |
| 82  | Logan Correctional Center                        | State · Lincoln        |
| 83  | Logan County Jail                                | County · Lincoln       |
| 84  | Macon County Jail                                | County · Decatur       |
| 85  | Macoupin County Jail                             | County · Carlinville   |
| 86  | Madison County Jail                              | County · Edwardsville  |
| 87  | Marion County Jail                               | County · Salem         |
| 88  | Marshall County Jail                             | County · Lacon         |
| 89  | Mason County Jail                                | County · Havana        |
| 90  | Massac County Jail                               | County · Metropolis    |
| 91  | MCC Chicago                                      | Federal · Chicago      |
| 92  | Mcdonough County Jail                            | County · Macomb        |
| 93  | Mchenry County Jail                              | County · Woodstock     |
| 94  | Mclean County Jail                               | County · Bloomington   |
| 95  | Menard Correctional Center                       | State · Menard         |
| 96  | Menard County Jail                               | County · Petersburg    |
| 97  | Menard Medium Security Unit                      | State · Menard         |
| 98  | Mercer County Jail                               | County · Aledo         |
| 99  | Monroe County Jail                               | County · Waterloo      |
| 100 | Montgomery County Jail                           | County · Hillsboro     |
| 101 | Morgan County Jail                               | County · Jacksonville  |
| 102 | Moultrie County Jail                             | County · Sullivan      |
| 103 | Murphysboro Life Skills Reentry Center           | State · Murphysboro    |
| 104 | North Lawndale ATC                               | State · Chicago        |
| 105 | Northern Reception and Classification Center     | State · Joliet         |
| 106 | Ogle County Jail                                 | County · Oregon        |
| 107 | Peoria ATC                                       | State · Peoria         |
| 108 | Peoria County Jail                               | County · Peoria        |
| 109 | Perry County Jail                                | County · Pinckneyville |
| 110 | Piatt County Jail                                | County · Monticello    |
| 111 | Pike County Jail                                 | County · Pittsfield    |
| 112 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center                | State · Pinckneyville  |
| 113 | Pittsfield Work Camp                             | State · Pittsfield     |
| 114 | Pontiac Correctional Center                      | State · Pontiac        |
| 115 | Pontiac Medium Security Unit                     | State · Pontiac        |
| 116 | Pope County Jail                                 | County · Golconda      |
| 117 | Pulaski County Detention Center                  | Multi-agency · Ullin   |
| 118 | Putnam County Jail                               | County · Hennepin      |
| 119 | Randolph County Jail                             | County · Chester       |
| 120 | Richland County Jail                             | County · Olney         |
| 121 | Robinson Correctional Center                     | State · Robinson       |
| 122 | Rock Island County Jail                          | County · Rock Island   |
| 123 | Saline County Jail                               | County · Harrisburg    |
| 124 | Sangamon County Jail                             | County · Springfield   |
| 125 | Schuyler County Jail                             | County · Rushville     |
| 126 | Shawnee Correctional Center                      | State · Vienna         |
| 127 | Shelby County Jail                               | County · Shelbyville   |
| 128 | Sheridan Correctional Center                     | State · Sheridan       |
| 129 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center        | State · East St Louis  |
| 130 | Southwestern Illinois Work Camp                  | State · East St Louis  |
| 131 | St Clair County Jail                             | County · Belleville    |
| 132 | Stark County Jail                                | County · Toulon        |
| 133 | Stateville Correctional Center                   | State · Joliet         |
| 134 | Stateville Minimum Security Unit                 | State · Joliet         |
| 135 | Stephenson County Jail                           | County · Freeport      |
| 136 | Taylorville Correctional Center                  | State · Taylorville    |
| 137 | Tazewell County Jail                             | County · Pekin         |
| 138 | USP Marion                                       | Federal · Marion       |
| 139 | USP Marion Camp                                  | Federal · Marion       |
| 140 | Vandalia Correctional Center                     | State · Vandalia       |
| 141 | Vandalia Work Camp                               | State · Vandalia       |
| 142 | Vermilion County Jail                            | County · Danville      |
| 143 | Vienna Correctional Center                       | State · Vienna         |
| 144 | Wabash County Jail                               | County · Mount Carmel  |
| 145 | Warren County Jail                               | County · Monmouth      |
| 146 | Washington County Jail                           | County · Nashville     |
| 147 | Wayne County Jail                                | County · Fairfield     |
| 148 | Western Illinois Correctional Center             | State · Mount Sterling |
| 149 | White County Jail                                | County · Carmi         |
| 150 | Whiteside County Jail                            | County · Morrison      |
| 151 | Will County Adult Detention Facility             | County · Joliet        |
| 152 | Williamson County Jail                           | County · Marion        |
| 153 | Winnebago County Jail                            | County · Rockford      |
| 154 | Woodford County Correctional Facility            | County · Eureka        |

Names as the source gives them. Coordinates for every one are in the CSV.

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