General Info

The Pontiac Correctional Center is one of the oldest correctional facilities in the United States. Founded in 1871, it has a capacity to accommodate more than 1,050 offenders. The center is comprised of two units. The Pontiac Correctional Center operates a level-one, minimum security unit that houses problematic offenders in disciplinary segregation with limited privileges, as well as protective custody, orientation, mental health and condemned unit offenders with a sentence of death. The center features a condemned unit and conducts various self-enhancement programs for individuals. It has more than 35 security gates in several cell houses. In addition, the Pontiac Correctional Center s medium-security unit houses medium- and minimum-security status offenders.