Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center Inmate Search

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Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center is commonly referred to as East St. Louis Prison. The facility is situated in the unincorporated part of St. Clair County, Illinois.

The prison is located at 950 Kingshighway Street, East St. Louis, IL, 62203 across the way from St. Clair County. Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center opened their doors in 1995.

The prison can hold about 710 prisoners. Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center is just one of a few large prisons in Illinois.

Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center alone has death row cell blocks and is the home of Illinois’s execution chamber.

How to Find Someone in Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center

It is easier than ever to do an inmate search for all inmates in the Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center. The Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center is operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Illinois Department of Corrections has a database open to the public right on their official website to lookup prisoners in the Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center.

To successfully search the database system, you will need the inmates first and last name or the inmates DC number.

Sending a Mail/Care Package

Inmates can receive mail. Their mailing address is as follows:

Inmate Last Name, First Name, ID Number
Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
950 Kingshighway Street, East St. Louis, IL, 62203

All mail will need to be delivered by United States Postal Service. If mail is sent by another courier, it will be refused.

Inmates shall not be permitted to receive routine mail in boxes, padded envelopes, plastic bags, multi-layer packaging, envelopes that include metal parts, any package containing bubble wrap or packing peanuts, or card stock type envelopes (i.e. U.S. Mail Priority or U.S. Mail Express cardboard type).

Prisoners are not permitted to receive regular mail in the following things:

• Padded Envelopes
• Boxes
• Multi-layer Packaging
• Plastic Bags
• Bubble Wrap
• Envelopes with metal parts
• Card Stock Envelopes
• Packing Peanuts

Sending Money

Sending money to inmates is easy now. Majority of the ways will be through JPay. If you do not know what Jpay is, it will be your Paypal, but for jail.

There are so many ways to fund money into an inmate’s account using JPay such as giving them a call at (800) 574-5729, download their app for your Android and Apple smartphone, and go online.

However, if you are not completely sold on JPay, you can also head on over to MoneyGram. You will want to head on over here for all MoneyGram locations and do not forget to use the receive code 5188. Funds will be available in the inmates account between 72 hours.

Visitation

Before one can visit an inmate in the Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center, they will need to fill out the visitors application that can be found here. The prison itself will NOT notify you of your denial or approval the inmate will. Keep in contact with them while you wait.

Once the visitor application is approved, you will be able to visit on days from schedule. You can arrive at the facility any time after visit day starts.

How Often Can I Visit?

You can visit on days from schedule. If there is no lockdown and the inmate are in good standing, you will be available to visit on these two days out of the week.

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