Vandalia Correctional Center
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| Location | US Hwy 51 North Vandalia, Illinois |
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| Status | medium |
| Capacity | 1200 |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Managed by | Illinois Department of Corrections |
The Vandalia Correctional Institution is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections.[1]
The facility was first opened in 1921.
In 2011 the prison watchdog group John Howard Association released a report highly critical of conditions at Vandalia. In response prison officials denied the facility was overcrowded, despite 1700 inmates living in a facility approved to hold about 1,100.[2]
