The Dixon Correctional Center is a medium security adult male prison of the

Illinois Department of Corrections The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois, and its headquarters are in ...

Dixon, Illinois Dixon is a city in Lee County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 15,274 as of the 2020 census. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across the Rock River (Mississippi River ...

. The prison was opened in July 1983 and has an operational capacity of 2,529 prisoners.Dixon Correctional Center.
Illinois Department of Corrections. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

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Dixon Correctional Center - John Howard Association of Illinois
Prisons in Illinois 1983 establishments in Illinois {{US-prison-stub