Pinckneyville Correctional Center

You must sign up in advance to visit Pinckneyville Correctional Center. To start arranging an in-person visit, use the Pinckneyville advance-signup information in the official IDOC facility website’s Visitation section. You can also access IDOC Visitation Rules and Information and Visitor ADA Accommodations there. For video visits, the daily windows are 8 to 9 a.m., 1 to 2 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday through Saturday. These are video-visitation hours, not in-person visiting hours. Log on to GTL 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment starts.

For someone housed at Pinckneyville Correctional Center, address personal mail with the recipient’s name and IDOC number, followed by 5835 State Route 154, Pinckneyville, IL 62274. Keep the IDOC number near their name on the envelope and on every enclosed page, photo or other document to help with prompt processing. Under IDOC’s system-wide rules updated March 18, 2026, ordinary personal mail is scanned or photocopied in color for electronic or paper delivery. Electronic scanning is free for you and the recipient. Black ink is strongly recommended because light-colored ink or pencil can reduce readability on a tablet. For personal publication orders, have a qualifying publisher or seller mail books, magazines or newspapers directly to the recipient at the same address. Qualifying senders include bookstores, book clubs and publication distributors. New and used publications are permitted, but they must be free of contraband and comply with Department Rule Section 525.220.

For general facility questions, call Pinckneyville Correctional Center at (618) 357-9722. Its administrative fax number is (618) 357-2083. You can also use the official facility website for information: https://idoc.illinois.gov/facilities/allfacilities/facility.pinckneyville-correctional-center.html.

For general contact with Pinckneyville Correctional Center, call (618) 357-9722. Send business mail to 5835 State Route 154, Pinckneyville, IL 62274. Pinckneyville is a medium-security facility for adult men that opened in October 1998. Its educational and vocational programs cover basic education, GED preparation and job skills such as construction, culinary arts and horticulture. The facility also has reentry programming and chaplaincy.