Locate Centralia Correctional Center Inmates

Centralia Correctional Center Overview

Centralia Correctional Center is a state prison in Clinton County operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. IDOC identifies it as a medium-security adult male facility. That facility type matters for inmate lookup. Centralia is not the Clinton County Jail, is not operated by the sheriff, and is not the place to call for a person who was just booked on a local arrest unless the person has already entered state custody.

The official IDOC facility page lists Warden Jeffrey Wehking, the Shattuc Road business address, the facility phone and fax, operational capacity, population, visitation times, mail format, facility layout, and programs. It also states that the prison opened in October 1980. The Illinois DHS IDOC pre-release facility list identifies Centralia Correctional Center as a participating facility in Clinton County, which helps explain why a Clinton County inmate search can involve both sheriff jail custody and IDOC prison custody.

The IDOC Centralia Correctional Center page is the source for the facility facts, custody type, and prison-specific rules.

Because the prison is run by IDOC, facility rules for mail, visits, searches, and programs come from state corrections sources rather than county jail PDFs.

Centralia Prison Population

IDOC lists Centralia Correctional Center with an operational capacity of 1,520 and a population of 1,122 as of June 30, 2024. That is a prison population, not a Clinton County Sheriff's Office jail count. The distinction is important because Centralia's population is much larger than the local Clinton County Jail population, but it should not be merged into county pretrial jail statistics.

Centralia Correctional Center Lookup

Use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search for a Centralia Correctional Center inmate lookup. IDOC search paths include last name, birthdate, and IDOC number. The best match is usually found faster when the IDOC number is known, but a name and birthdate can help narrow results. After opening a result, confirm that the current location is Centralia Correctional Center before planning mail, visits, or calls.

1. Open the IDOC Individual in Custody Search, not a Clinton County jail roster.
2. Enter the last name, birthdate, or IDOC number if known.
3. Review the result for current location, custody status, and IDOC identifying information.
4. Use the Centralia facility page for prison-specific mail, visit, and phone rules.

The IDOC locator page is the official statewide search route for sentenced Illinois prison custody.

A person recently arrested in Carlyle, Breese, Trenton, or another Clinton County community should be checked first through the jail or court route unless sentencing and transfer have already occurred.

Centralia Prison Contact

The business contact information for Centralia Correctional Center comes from IDOC. Use the facility phone for prison-specific administrative questions, and use statewide IDOC channels for locator, visitation policy, deposit services, or broader family-liaison issues when the facility page points to those systems.

Centralia Prison Visitation

IDOC says Centralia visitors must sign up in advance and review IDOC visitation rules. Video visitation is listed every day of the week in three blocks. Visitors should log on 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. A prison visit is different from a county jail visit: the person in custody is sentenced to IDOC, the visitor approval and scheduling rules come from IDOC, and a local sheriff's office cannot override prison rules.

Scheduling and rule review should happen before travel or login. IDOC facility conditions, lockdown status, and statewide visitation policy can change the practical visit options even when the general Centralia video windows remain listed.

Centralia Prison Mail

IDOC lists the mail format for Centralia Correctional Center as the individual's name and IDOC number followed by the facility address. The IDOC number is important because many people in state custody may share similar names. Mail should use the prison format rather than the Clinton County Jail mail rules. County jail rules about JailATM, Stellar kiosk deposits, weekenders, or local white-envelope restrictions do not control Centralia prison mail.

No Centralia-specific commissary fee schedule was included in the research file. Because fees and vendors can change, use IDOC deposit services rather than applying Clinton County Jail's local kiosk or JailATM rules to a state prison account.

Centralia Prison Intake

Centralia Correctional Center does not handle street-arrest booking for Clinton County. Intake at this facility is prison reception or transfer after a person is already in IDOC custody. A Clinton County defendant can be booked at the sheriff's jail after arrest, appear in court, receive a sentence, and later move into IDOC custody. Once that transfer occurs, lookup should shift from jail phone, local FOIA, and VINE to the IDOC locator.

IDOC number

The state corrections identifier used to distinguish people in Illinois prison custody.

Sentenced custody

Prison custody after a court sentence, different from pretrial county jail custody.

Transfer

Movement from one custody facility to another, often after sentencing or classification.

Medium security

A prison security level used by IDOC for facility operation and custody management.

About Centralia Correctional Center

IDOC describes Centralia's physical plant as 46 buildings with 335,689 square feet on a 100-acre site, with 50 acres enclosed. The facility has three housing unit clusters, 14 housing units, one receiving unit, one segregation unit, and a 15-bed health care unit. Those details reinforce that Centralia is a full state prison, not a local lockup attached to the sheriff's office.

Centralia also has a much broader program list than the Clinton County Jail. IDOC lists Adult Basic Education, Advanced Adult Basic Education, GED-related education, Career Technologies, Culinary Arts, Construction Occupations, HVAC, Warehousing and Distribution, recycling, sewing shop, chaplaincy, volunteer literacy, library, life skills, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, substance abuse, anger management, leisure time services, Lifestyles Redirection, TRAC 1, and Reentry Summits. Program access depends on IDOC rules, eligibility, classification, staffing, and available openings.

The custody split is the key practical point. For a current sheriff's jail inmate, use Clinton County Jail. For a sentenced state prisoner housed at Centralia, use IDOC. For a federal sentence, use BOP. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS. Matching the custody system first prevents calls to the wrong agency and reduces confusion around Clinton County inmate records.