How to Address Mail to Someone at Taylorville and What Happens After You Mail It

Send mail to Taylorville Correctional Center at: 1144 Illinois Route 29, Taylorville, IL 62568. On the first line, write the person's full name and IDOC number together (for example: "Individual in Custody Name & IDOC#"). This name-and-number line is how the mailroom routes your letter to the right person.

When your mail reaches Taylorville (and other IDOC facilities), non-privileged mail goes through a scanning process. IDOC scans or photocopies all incoming non-privileged correspondence. What does this mean for you? The person you're writing to will likely receive a scanned image of your letter rather than the original paper you sent.

1. Mailroom staff scan the envelope - they scan the front and back of the envelope in color.
2. They scan each item inside - each piece of mail is scanned in color, item by item.
3. The scans are turned into PDFs - PDF images of the scanned documents are created.
4. The PDFs are uploaded to the individual’s Bulletin Board - the images are posted to the individual’s Bulletin Board for access.
5. The individual is notified to view it on a tablet - they receive a notification that new scanned documents are available to download and view on their tablet.

Need to keep an original for your records? Don't mail it. Instead, send a copy and keep the original at home - anything sent through general correspondence won't come back after scanning.

Privileged and legal mail works differently. IDOC does not copy, scan, or reproduce privileged correspondence - it's handled separately from the standard scanning process.

After the mailroom uploads your scanned mail as PDFs to the person's Bulletin Board, they'll get a notification that new documents are available. From there, they can download and view them on their tablet.

No tablet access? IDOC provides paper photocopies of the mail instead.