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Logan Correctional Center Overview

Logan Correctional Center is operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections at 1096 1350th Street in Lincoln, about 30 miles north of Springfield. It is a multi-level security female facility, which means it holds women across several custody levels in one place. The corrections department describes its mission as custodial care, programs, and services for female individuals in custody, including those with special needs. The site spans roughly 150 acres, with about 57 acres enclosed by fencing.

The facility is built around several housing styles. The corrections department lists seven E-style units, three C-style units, an X-house, a segregation unit, and a 15-bed infirmary health care unit. It also includes a medical facility for pregnant and critically or terminally ill individuals in custody. Because Logan Correctional Center includes a reception and classification role, some of its count is people being processed and assigned rather than serving in a permanent unit.

The name causes real confusion, so it is worth separating two things. Logan Correctional Center is the women's prison, while Lincoln Correctional Center is a separate men's prison on the same road in the same town. Both are state facilities run by the corrections department, and neither is the Logan County Jail. A searcher who mixes up the two will look at the wrong population, so matching the facility name exactly to the right page matters before running any inmate search.

Who Is Held at Logan Correctional Center

The people held here are sentenced adult women in state custody, plus those moving through reception and classification. This is not where a Logan County pretrial detainee waits for a first court date. A person arrested locally would start at the county jail, move through court, and only reach a facility like this after a prison sentence and transfer. The reception and classification component, tracked separately in state reports, handles intake and assignment for women entering the system.

State demographic reporting gives a sense of the population. The January 2026 quarterly report listed a racial breakdown for the main Logan facility that included 496 White, 395 Black, and 90 Hispanic or Latino individuals, among others, as of late November 2025. Those are state figures for a statewide prison population, not Logan County residents, since people are sent here from across Illinois. The reception and classification unit reported its own smaller racial breakdown in the same quarterly report, reflecting the women moving through intake at the time.

Logan Correctional Center Capacity and Population

The facility is far larger than the county jail. The corrections department facility page lists an operational capacity of 1,397 and a total population of 1,034 as of June 30, 2024, split between 954 in the main facility and 80 in the reception and classification center. The January 2026 quarterly report gave a later count of 1,024 in the main facility and 124 in reception and classification as of November 30, 2025.

The official corrections page for the facility, with its capacity and population data, is shown below.

The facility profile sits on the IDOC Logan Correctional Center page.

That page is the official source for the facility's mission, housing, and population, and it is maintained by the state rather than the county.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Logan Correctional Center

Use the statewide corrections locator, not VINELink or the county jail line, to find someone here. The state public search returns people currently incarcerated or on parole, and a completed sentence drops off the public search. One search method is enough to run it.

1. Open the IDOC individual-in-custody search.
2. Search by last name, by IDOC number, or by birthdate.
3. Open the profile to confirm the person is housed at Logan Correctional Center.
4. Read the offense, sentence, custody dates, and projected discharge fields on the profile.

If a person was only recently arrested and not yet sentenced, the county channels on the jail inmate records page apply instead, since they would still be in local custody.

Logan Correctional Center Address and Contact

Reach the facility through its main phone line, and use the post office box with the person's name and IDOC number for individual mail. The card below lists the address and phone.

Visiting Someone at Logan Correctional Center

Prison visitation works differently from a county jail. Visits require advance signup, and the corrections department lists video visitation windows that families schedule ahead and log on early for. The schedule below comes from the state facility information.

Sign up in advance and log on about 15 minutes early. In-person visitation at a state prison generally requires being on an approved visitor list, and the corrections department keeps statewide visitation rules that can change, so confirm the current process before scheduling a trip.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Logan Correctional Center

State prison mail and deposits follow corrections department policy, which is different from the county jail. Individual mail uses the post office box with the person's name and IDOC number. Cash, coins, money orders, and personal checks are not allowed in regular mail. Phone service runs through the state vendor, and deposits go through the state's payment partners rather than a county kiosk.

Money orders may not exceed 999.99 dollars, must be payable to JPay, and go to JPay, P.O. Box 260250, Hollywood, FL 33026. Publications must come directly from a publisher or a qualifying distributor.

Programs and Reception at Logan Correctional Center

As a multi-level facility with a reception role, Logan Correctional Center does more than house a single custody level. The corrections department describes a continuum of programs and services for women in custody, including education, vocational, and industrial programming, along with services aimed at special needs. Health care is a notable part of the mission, with a 15-bed infirmary and a dedicated medical area for pregnant and critically or terminally ill individuals in custody.

The reception and classification center is where many women first enter the state system. Intake here covers identity, medical and mental health screening, and the classification process that assigns a custody level and a facility. Because that function is tracked separately in state reports, the reception count and the main-facility count are listed apart, and a newly sentenced person may appear in reception before moving to a permanent assignment. This is also why a woman sentenced from a Logan County case might show up at this facility even if her home and court are elsewhere in the state.

About Logan Correctional Center

Logan Correctional Center has become the center of a major state corrections story. The corrections department's RISE rebuild plan calls for a new 800-bed women's facility in Crest Hill, and current Logan and Lincoln sites were found not to meet the parameters for that new facility. In June 2026, NPR Illinois and Capitol News Illinois reported that the state plans to close Logan Correctional Center and build in Crest Hill, with local officials criticizing the decision over its economic impact on Lincoln. The plan indicates Logan is intended to stay open during the transition. The corrections department and the Capital Development Board announced Crest Hill as the site, with a request for qualifications expected on or after late July 2026. Local and state leaders in the Lincoln area have pushed back over the loss of jobs and the economic hit to the community, making the facility's future an active 2026 issue rather than a settled one.

For day-to-day purposes, the facility remains a working state prison searched through the corrections locator. People sentenced after a Logan County case may pass through the county jail first, and the Logan County Jail handles that local stage before any transfer. Once in state custody, though, the corrections search is the right tool, and county jail staff no longer track the person.