Review available deposit, commissary, money order, and online payment information for sending money to an inmate at Centralia Corrections Center.
Centralia Correctional Center accepts funds through JPay, Western Union (Send2Corrections), MoneyGram, and mailed JPay money orders sent to the vendor lockbox. Electronic deposits allow up to $5,000 per transaction, while MoneyGram caps at $3,000 per transaction. Money orders are accepted up to $999.99. Make them payable to JPay, include the required deposit slip, and mail to PO Box 260250, Hollywood, FL 33026. Before submitting any payment, double-check the incarcerated person's full name and booking or ID number (or date of birth) so the money posts to the correct account. Electronic deposits usually post faster than mailed money orders. Keep in mind that new funds may be applied to outstanding balances or debts before they're available for commissary use.
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If you're trying to help with phone calls, there are two routes through Illinois DOC. You can fund a Friends & Family prepaid account with ICSolutions, which covers calls you receive. Or you can deposit money into the person's trust account so they can purchase phone minutes through commissary.
If you're sending money to someone at Centralia, you have a few approved options. The key is picking a method that fits the amount you need to send and following the lockbox rules exactly when mailing a money order.
You can send money through JPay, Western Union (Send2Corrections), MoneyGram, or by mailing a JPay money order to the vendor lockbox.
Yes. Electronic methods accept up to $5,000, MoneyGram is limited to $3,000 per transaction, and money orders cannot exceed $999.99.
Make the money order payable to JPay, include the required deposit slip, and mail it to PO Box 260250, Hollywood, FL 33026.
Video visits at Centralia Correctional Center go smoothly when you know the daily time windows, understand the visit limits, and set up your ICSolutions account before your scheduled slot.
Mail at Centralia Correctional Center is changing significantly: most personal mail now gets scanned and delivered electronically to tablets. Here's how letters, photos, and publications work under IDOC's new process—and what you need to do differently when sending something.
If you mail letters or photos to someone at Centralia, here's the biggest change: most non-privileged mail now gets turned into a color PDF and delivered on a tablet instead of as physical paper. Below, you'll find how the scanning process works, what's excluded, and how privileged mail is handled differently.
