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Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois.The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3.
Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Livingston County, Illinois, United States. [4] ... Governor Rod Blagojevich threatened to close the prison in 2008. After ...
It was a particularly hot day in Pontiac. At the prison, a riot would break out involving more than 1,000 inmate. ... I didn't know who they were but they went into anybody's cell and closed the ...
Jesse 'Ma' Houston Adult Transition Center: closed 2011; transitional facility; Joliet Prison: closed in 2002; 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Stateville Correctional Center; Kankakee Minimum-Security Unit; low minimum, closed 2010; Southern Illinois Adult Transition Center; closed 2012; Tamms Correctional Center: closed in 2013; maximum security
In the end, inmates faced convictions stemming from the Pontiac prison riot but no one faced murder charges for the three guards who were killed. 1978 Pontiac Correctional Center riot: Warring ...
Other states closed prisons by reducing the prison population. The state of California recently closed four of its prisons, the result of a huge reduction in inmate population between 2006 and now.
The Tamms Correctional Center is a closed Illinois Department of Corrections prison located in Tamms, Illinois. [1] Prior to its 2013 closure, the prison housed people in two sections: (1) a 200-bed minimum security facility, opened in 1995, and (2) a 500-bed supermax facility known as the Closed Maximum Security Unit ("CMAX"), opened in 1998, that housed people defined by the prison ...
In this year's budget, the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom said it was "committed to right-sizing California's prison system to reflect the needs of the state" and could close three more ...