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Jail Name:
Menard Reception and Classification Center
Jail Type:
State Prison
State:
Illinois
County:
RANDOLPH
City:
Menard
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:
1878
Security Class:
Medium
Address:
711 Kaskaskia Street, P.O. Box 711
Zip Code:
62259
Location:
711 Kaskaskia Street Menard, IL 62259
Email:
LtGovStratton@illinois.gov
Phone 1:
618-826-5071
Fax 1:
618-826-1141
Imate Gender:
Male
Population:
50
Capacity:
86
Judicial District:
Menard, IL
Inmate Mail 1:
Inmate Name & IDOC# Menard Reception and Classification Center P.O. Box 1000 Menard, IL 62259
711 Kaskaskia Street, P.O. Box 711, 62259, Menard, Illinois
Visiting Monday:
8am-3:30pm
Visiting Tuesday:
8am-3:30pm
Visiting Wednesday:
8am-3:30pm
Visiting Thursday:
8am-3:30pm
Visiting Friday:
8am-3:30pm
Visiting Saturday:
8am-3:30pm
Visiting Sunday:
8am-3:30pm
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