 Interactive map of Logan Correctional Center | |
| Location | 1096 1350th Street Lincoln, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Status | Open |
| Capacity | 2284 |
| Opened | January 1978 |
| Managed by | Illinois Department of Corrections |
Logan Correctional Center is an American prison in the state ofIllinois for female offenders inBroadwell Township,Logan County,Illinois, nearLincoln and 30 miles (48 km) north ofSpringfield. The 150-acre (61 ha) prison opened in January 1978. A 57-acre (23 ha) plot of fenced land houses general population prisoners.[1] It lies just south of theLincoln Correctional Center, a facility for male offenders.
Until mid-2000, Illinois had coed prisons, housing both male and female inmates in the same prison.[2] The reason for making Logan Correctional Center a coed prison in 1987 was a fast-growing prison population.[3] When it ended in 2000 it was declared an administrative burden, at the time Logan was supposed to become an all-male prison.[2]
The conditions of the Logan Correctional Center have been found to be "untenable" based on a study funded by theDepartment of Justice in November 2016.[9]
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