Pontiac Medium-Security Unit, Illinois Inmates

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The Pontiac Medium-Security Unit is Illinois’s largest maximum-security prison located at Livingston County, Illinois. It holds up to 481 dangerous male offenders that are challenging to manage. These inmates stay in close custody and segregation units for easier administration. Notably, Pontiac Medium-Security Unit has death row cell blocks and an execution chamber. In turn, the facility uses an electronic detection system, a double perimeter fence with a razor-wire reinforcement to step up security at the Pontiac Medium-Security Unit. Further, the facility runs several inmate programs including, mental health services for inmates on death sentence and those on civil commitments.

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The Illinois Department of Corrections supervises Pontiac Medium-Security Unit. Also, it maintains an online inmate database for all inmates currently held at Pontiac Medium-Security Unit. This public database shows a record of all inmates currently at the facility. To locate an inmate held at Pontiac Medium-Security Unit, members of the public are to log in to the database and search using the inmate’s first and last names and offender ID. Where the search is not successful, the interested person should call the Department at 815-842-2816 or talk to a correctional officer.

Inmates at the Pontiac Medium-Security Unit are allowed to receive mails and packages from their family members and friends. The senders should address the mails as follows:

Inmate Last Name, First Name, ID Number

Pontiac Medium-Security Unit

700 West Lincoln Street PO Box 99, Pontiac, IL, 61764

All incoming mails are to be delivered via the United States Postal Service only. They are opened and checked for contraband before dispatching them to the inmates.

Inmates at the Pontiac Medium-Security Unit need funds to spend on personal items. For this, each inmate has access to a commissary account where they can receive and use the funds. Pontiac Medium-Security Unit contracts JPay to provide money transfer services for the inmates. Here, the sender calls JPay at (800) 574-5729 and make a deposit. Or, the sender downloads the mobile app, logs in, and deposits the funds online. The funds take between 1 and 3 days to reflect in the inmate's commissary account.

Pontiac Medium-Security Unit allows offenders at its facility to make call collect to some approved persons. It monitors and records the calls for security purposes. The detention center contracts Securus Technologies to provide the telephone service, with the call recipient to bear the full cost of the call. Call forwarding and three-way calls are prohibited.

Pontiac Medium-Security Unit hosts inmate non-contact visitations on a rotational schedule. The visits are held on Thursdays to Sundays, rotating the timings for each housing unit. Anyone who wishes to see an inmate should seek an appointment by calling 815-842-2816 at least a day before the visit.