The Shawnee Correctional Center is a medium-security state prison for men located in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Johnson County, Illinois Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 12,582. Its county seat is Vienna. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as " Little Egypt". History John ...

, owned and operated by 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 Sp ...

. The facility was first opened in 1984, and has a working capacity of 2147. The facility is adjacent to the state's

Vienna Correctional Center The Vienna Correctional Institution is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. The facility was first opened in 1965, and has a working ca ...

Notable inmates

* Tesfaye Cooper - perpetrator of the

2017 Chicago torture incident In January 2017, a hate crime occurred on a mentally disabled white male in Chicago, Illinois. The victim was kidnapped and physically, verbally, and racially abused by four black individuals. The incident was livestreamed on Facebook, making ...

hate crime

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