618-283-4170
Facility Name: | Vandalia Work Camp |
Facility Type: | State Prison |
Authority: | Illinois Department of Corrections |
Address: | Route 51 North PO Box 500, Vandalia, IL, 62471 |
Phone: | 618-283-4170 |
Telephone Carrier: | Securus Tech |
Capacity: | 400 |
Facility Type: | Adult |
Security Level: | High |
City: | Vandalia |
Postal Code: | 62471 |
State: | Illinois |
County: | Fayette County |
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Vandalia Work Camp is commonly referred to as Vandalia Prison. The facility is situated in the unincorporated part of Fayette County, Illinois.
The prison is located at Route 51 North
PO Box 500, Vandalia, IL, 62471 across the way from Fayette County.
The prison can hold about 400 prisoners. Vandalia Work Camp is just one of a few large prisons in Illinois.
Vandalia Work Camp alone has death row cell blocks and is the home of Illinois’s execution chamber.
It is easier than ever to do an inmate search for all inmates in the Vandalia Work Camp. The Vandalia Work Camp 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 Vandalia Work Camp.
To successfully search the database system, you will need the inmates first and last name or the inmates DC number.
Inmates can receive mail. Their mailing address is as follows:
Inmate Last Name, First Name, ID Number
Vandalia Work Camp
Route 51 North
PO Box 500, Vandalia, IL, 62471
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:
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.
Before one can visit an inmate in the Vandalia Work Camp, 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.
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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Friday | |
Saturday | 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM |
Sunday | 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM |
Holiday |
The visiting starts in first in, first out type of fashion. No new visitors will be allowed in 45 minutes before the end of the visit day. 45 minutes before the end of the visit day officers start escorting those who were first in out of the visitor room.
Refer the map below to find the driving directions
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Vandalia Correctional Center, Illinois 0 miles | State Prison | Fayette County |
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