Facilities · Prison
Western Illinois Correctional Center
Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois · capacity 2,175
50 deaths are recorded here, from 2016 to 2026; 2 by name.
- illness 35
- suicide 6
- undetermined 5
- accident 2
- staff force 1
- other person 1
The people
- Name not reported June 29, 2026
- Name not reported June 18, 2026
- Name not reported February 18, 2026
- Name not reported January 16, 2026
- Name not reported December 24, 2025
- Name not reported November 23, 2025
- Name not reported November 14, 2025
- Name not reported September 12, 2025
- Name not reported August 4, 2025
- Name not reported July 24, 2025
- Name not reported July 19, 2025
- Name not reported May 27, 2025
- Name not reported April 22, 2025
- Name not reported January 29, 2025
- Name not reported January 18, 2025
- Name not reported October 27, 2024
- Name not reported October 21, 2024
- Andrew Ortega August 26, 2024
- Name not reported July 15, 2024
- Name not reported June 21, 2024
- Name not reported March 15, 2024
- Name not reported February 28, 2024
- Name not reported February 21, 2024
- Name not reported October 14, 2023
- Name not reported September 19, 2023
- Name not reported June 26, 2023
- Name not reported April 27, 2023
- Name not reported April 11, 2023
- Name not reported November 30, 2022
- Name not reported October 6, 2022
- Name not reported August 2, 2022
- Name not reported November 28, 2021
- Name not reported September 15, 2021
- Name not reported September 5, 2021
- Name not reported May 5, 2021
- Name not reported April 29, 2021
- Name not reported March 12, 2021
- Name not reported February 26, 2021
- Name not reported November 26, 2020
- Name not reported November 14, 2020
- Name not reported December 21, 2018
- Name not reported December 6, 2018
- Name not reported July 9, 2018
- Larry Earvin June 26, 2018
- Name not reported April 17, 2018
- Name not reported October 3, 2017
- Name not reported August 4, 2017
- Name not reported April 30, 2017
- Name not reported March 18, 2017
- Name not reported March 11, 2016
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.