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Vienna Correctional Center

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Vienna Correctional Institution
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Location6695 State Route 146 East
Vienna, Illinois
Statusmedium
Capacity1,963
Opened1965
Managed byIllinois Department of Corrections

The Vienna Correctional Institution is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections.[1]

The facility was first opened in 1965 and has a working capacity of 1,963. The facility is adjacent to the state's Shawnee Correctional Center. In 1979 it became the first such institution to become accredited by the American Correctional Association.[2]

In May 2015 the non-profit prison watchdog John Howard Association documented chronic unsafe and unclean conditions in the facility, allegations that supported an inmates' class-action suit seeking to address neglect and overcrowding.[3]

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