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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3] The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of ...
The Great Fires of 1871 were a series of conflagrations that took place throughout the final days of September and first weeks of October 1871 in the United States, primarily targeting the Midwestern United States. These fires include the Great Chicago Fire, Peshtigo Fire, and Great Michigan Fire. In total, the fires burnt more than 3,000,000 ...
The Cook County Jail, located on 96 acres (39 hectares) in South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, is operated by the Sheriff of Cook County. [1] It is sometimes referred to as California or Hotel California, as its address is on California Avenue. A city jail has existed on this site since after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but major County ...
Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago: Illinois Mixed [129] Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (temporarily closed) New York Mixed [130] Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego: California Mixed [131] Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn: New York Mixed [132] Metropolitan Detention Center, Guaynabo: Puerto Rico Mixed [133]
Joliet Correctional Center, which was a completely separate prison from Stateville Correctional Center in nearby Crest Hill, opened in 1858. The prison was built with convict labor leased by the state to contractor Lorenzo P. Sanger and warden Samuel K. Casey. The limestone used to build the prison was quarried on the site. [2]
Prisons. Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility (formerly Highview; inmate operating capacity 450) Columbia Correctional Institution (capacity 541) Dodge Correctional Institution. Fox Lake Correctional Institution. Green Bay Correctional Institution. Jackson Correctional Institution (capacity 988) Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution.
Maximum. Capacity. 4,134. Opened. 1925. Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections. Stateville Correctional Center ( SCC) is a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. [1] [2] It is a part of the Illinois Department of Corrections .
1871: October 8 – 10, the Great Chicago Fire. [5] [8] 1872 Montgomery Ward in business. Establishment of the first Black fire company in the city. The original library, inside the old water tower on the site that is now the Rookery Building. This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view