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Jail Name:
Pontiac Medium Security Unit
Jail Type:
State Prison
State:
Illinois
County:
LIVINGSTON
City:
Pontiac
Source:
Wikipedia
Description:
Public flogging, the pillory for imprisonment, or a short time in county jails comprised the earliest forms of punishment for public offenders after Illinois was chartered in 1818 as the nation's 21st state. The state's few jails consisted of the most part of rude log dwellings. According to a historian writing of the time, "This prison was ordered to be build of hewn timber, 12 inches square and was considered, in those pioneer times, quite a terror to all who dared trample upon the majesty of the law." The author was referring to the jail erected in 1818 in Crawford County. Illinois county records reveal that the oldest jail was built five years earlier in Gallatin County. Hans W. Mattick and Ronald P. Sweet, authors of Illinois Jails, have described well the procedure for booking prisoners in those rustic structures
Opened:
1871
Security Class:
Medium
Address:
700 West Lincoln Street
Zip Code:
61764
Location:
700 W Lincoln St, Pontiac, IL 61764
Email:
LtGovStratton@illinois.gov
Phone 1:
815-842-2816
Fax 1:
815-842-3420
Imate Gender:
Male Offenders
Population:
488
Capacity:
481
Judicial District:
Pontiac, IL
Inmate Mail 1:
Inmate Name & IDOC# Pontiac Medium Security Unit P.O. Box 99 Pontiac, IL 61764
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700 West Lincoln Street, 61764, Pontiac, Illinois
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