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Vienna Correctional Center Overview

Vienna Correctional Center is operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), the state agency responsible for people after conviction and sentencing. The prison sits east of the city of Vienna in Johnson County, on the State Route 146 corridor next to the medium-security Shawnee Correctional Center. Vienna is a minimum-security facility for adult men. Everyone housed here is a sentenced individual in custody who has already moved through arrest, court, and sentencing. This is not a county jail, and a person is never booked here straight off a local arrest. New arrests are handled by the Johnson County sheriff and the courts, while Vienna receives men only after a state sentence begins.

IDOC reports that Vienna opened in November 1965 and that Darron Hyte serves as warden. The facility sits in southern Illinois next to the Shawnee National Forest, spread across about 3,500 acres, with only 40 acres enclosed by fences. That large, lightly fenced footprint reflects its minimum-security mission, which supports outside work assignments and community-based programs that a higher-security prison could not offer. Because Vienna is a state prison, every visit, call, and piece of mail follows statewide IDOC rules rather than county jail practice.

Vienna Correctional Center Capacity and Population

IDOC lists an operational capacity of 1,072 for Vienna Correctional Center. As of June 30, 2024, IDOC reported 698 individuals at Vienna itself, 0 at the Dixon Springs Impact Incarceration Program, and a total population of 713. The state also reports an average annual cost per individual of $84,347 for fiscal year 2022. The total population figure counts the facility and its parented program together, so the 713 number is the combined total as of that date, not the Vienna site alone.

The men in that count come from many Illinois counties, not only Johnson County. A prison located inside the county does not mean its residents were arrested nearby. Keep that in mind when reading any inmate population number connected to Vienna.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Vienna Correctional Center

To find someone held at Vienna, use the statewide IDOC system rather than a county jail roster. The official tool is the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search at https://idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html. A legacy version of the same form lives at https://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/search/ISdefault2.asp. You can search by last name, by IDOC number, or by birthdate, and the result shows the person's parent institution and current location so you can confirm they are at Vienna.

1. Open the IDOC Individual in Custody Search at idoc.illinois.gov.
2. Pick a search method and enter a last name (such as Smith), an IDOC number (such as K01234), or a birthdate.
3. Review the results and confirm the location field or parent institution lists Vienna Correctional Center.
4. Open the profile to check status, admission date, offense and sentence details, and projected discharge or parole dates.

A profile returns sentencing and custody data, not county booking details. Expect to see the IDOC number, parent institution, offender status, physical description, admission date, mittimus and offense, sentence, and sentencing county. You will not see a local arrest time or a pretrial release order, because those live in county and court records rather than the state prison file.

Illinois also offers a notification service called VINE. You can register at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/IL/ENGLISH for custody and case alerts. VINE handles notifications, while the IDOC search is the tool for locating a sentenced person right now.

The IDOC facility page is a helpful reference for confirming the address, leadership, and population before you visit. You can view the official listing at the IDOC Vienna Correctional Center page.

The state page confirms the operational capacity, population, address, and warden used on this page, which helps you steer clear of outdated numbers copied by third-party sites. Treat the IDOC listing and the search tool as the authoritative source for anyone in Vienna custody.

Vienna Correctional Center Address and Contact

The prison answers phone calls about custody procedures, visitation approval, and facility status. Staff will not confirm by phone whether a visitor is already approved, so handle that step before traveling. Use the address below for mail and for confirming directions to the entrance.

Note: Confirm visitation approval, scheduling, and current facility status by phone before you travel, since a state prison can change access with little warning.

Visiting Someone at Vienna Correctional Center

Visiting a state prison works differently from visiting a county jail. Visitors, other than government and legal visitors, must be on the individual's approved visitation list. Each adult visitor needs two forms of identification, including one state-issued photo ID. In-person visits at Vienna require an advance signup through the facility's SignUpGenius scheduling link, and the statewide IDOC visitation rules apply throughout. The scheduling system times out after about 30 minutes, so have your details ready, and arrive at least 10 minutes early on the day of an in-person visit.

Vienna also offers video visitation every day of the week. The published video windows below run Sunday through Saturday. Video visits across IDOC moved to ICSolutions, and visitors should log on 15 minutes before the scheduled start so the connection is ready. In-person visits are scheduled separately and must be approved in advance, so the table reflects the video windows rather than invented in-person day-and-time slots.

The full statewide rules, including approved-visitor requirements, ID standards, and the scheduling process, are published by IDOC. Review them before planning a trip on the IDOC visitation rules page.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Vienna Correctional Center

Mail, phone access, and money deposits all follow statewide IDOC rules. Incoming and outgoing mail is inspected for contraband, and non-privileged mail may be scanned or photocopied. Write the individual's IDOC number near their name so the item reaches the right person. Do not send cash, coins, money orders, checks, stamps, unused stationery, glued or stapled pages, or restricted photos, because those items are not allowed and will be rejected at intake.

Phone service runs through ICSolutions, and individuals in custody cannot receive incoming calls. They can only call out to numbers on an approved list, using a prepaid account set up by family or friends or minutes purchased through commissary. ICSolutions customer service is available at (888) 506-8407 for account questions. IDOC no longer uses GTL, ConnectNetwork, or ViaPath for deposits, so confirm you are using one of the current methods listed above.

The IDOC incoming mail policy page explains what may be sent, how mail is inspected and scanned, and which items are prohibited. You can read the full rules on the IDOC incoming mail policies page, deposit limits on the IDOC deposit services page, and phone account steps on the contact an individual in custody page.

Reception and Classification at Vienna Correctional Center

State prisons do not run street-arrest booking. A man arrives at Vienna only after a court has convicted and sentenced him to IDOC custody. Before reaching Vienna, a sentenced person moves through an IDOC reception and classification process that reviews the sentence, security level, medical and mental health needs, and program eligibility. A minimum-security assignment to Vienna reflects a lower security classification and often opens the door to work and community-based programs.

This is the far end of the custody path from the Johnson County Jail. A person arrested locally first goes to county or contracted detention and to Johnson County Circuit Court. Custody only shifts to the state after sentencing, and at that point the county sheriff roster and phone are no longer the right channel. From then on, the IDOC search is the correct tool. For the arrest and booking stage of a case, those details belong on the Johnson County jail inmate records page instead.

About Vienna Correctional Center

Vienna opened in November 1965 and has long operated as a minimum-security prison for adult men. Its setting on roughly 3,500 acres beside the Shawnee National Forest, with only 40 acres fenced, supports work crews, field services, and outside assignments that fit a lower-security population. The wide grounds and limited fencing are part of what makes Vienna distinct from the more tightly controlled Shawnee Correctional Center down the road.

Vienna offers a broad set of education, vocational, and reentry programs. Academic options include Adult Basic Education, Advanced ABE, ASE or GED preparation, and college academic classes. Vocational training covers auto mechanics, career technologies, construction occupation, custodial maintenance, and warehousing. Treatment and reentry offerings include life skills, substance abuse programs through AA and NA, anger management, an incarcerated veterans transition program, chaplaincy, and library services. Vienna adds community work crews, lifestyle redirection, field services, reentry summits, parole school, TRAC 1, and religious volunteer services. The college classes, warehousing track, community work crews, and reentry summits set Vienna apart from its medium-security neighbor.

Vienna is also the parent institution for the Dixon Springs Impact Incarceration Program. This must be read carefully, because Dixon Springs is physically located in Pope County, not Johnson County. IDOC parents the program under Vienna for administrative purposes, and its population is reported with Vienna's totals, but the Dixon Springs site itself is not a Johnson County facility. As of June 30, 2024, IDOC reported 0 individuals at Dixon Springs, with the full 713 total housed at the Vienna site.

Vienna shares the Johnson County prison corridor with its sister facility. After sentencing, a person may be assigned to Vienna, to the medium-security Shawnee Correctional Center nearby, or to any other IDOC prison statewide. To see how the county and state systems connect, from a first arrest at the Johnson County Jail through a possible state transfer, the Johnson County Jail page covers the local custody side.