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Dwight Correctional Center (DCC), also known as Oakdale Reformatory for Women, and Illinois Penitentiary for Women at Dwight, was a women's prison in Livingston County, Illinois, United States, outside the village of Dwight, Illinois. It operated from 1930 to 2013. It was established in 1930 as the Oakdale Reformatory for Women. [1]
Dwight is a village located mainly in Livingston County, Illinois, with a small portion in Grundy County.The population was 4,032 at the 2020 census.Dwight contains an original stretch of U.S. Route 66, and from 1892 until 2016 continuously used a railroad station designed in 1891 by Henry Ives Cobb. [4]
In 1896 a separate, one-hundred cellblock "Joliet Women's Prison" was built across the street from the male penitentiary. In design it was an exact mini-replica of the male prison. In 1933 all female prisoners were moved to the Oakdale Women's Reformatory (later known as Dwight Correctional Center) and the facility was used for male prisoners. [3]
Under Illinois law, those ordered to serve prison time can be required to serve 50%, 75%, 85% or 100% of their sentences. The percentages increase based on the severity of the offense, according ...
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department [1] [2] 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, [3] and its headquarters are in Springfield. [4]
In a letter, Democrats urge the Illinois Department of Corrections to allow inmates to continue to receive their original physical mail. At a news conference Wednesday, state Rep. Charles Meier, R ...
Prior attempts to upgrade pay for the incarcerated to minimum wage have fallen short in the Illinois General Assembly. Thousands of jobs, pennies on the dollar: How Illinois uses prison labor Skip ...
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