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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 .
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.
The execution chamber was located at Tamms Correctional Center. Previously, inmates had been executed at Stateville Correctional Center. In March 1998, the site of executions was moved from Stateville Correctional Center to Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms, Illinois. See also. Illinois portal; List of law enforcement agencies in Illinois
The Stateville Penitentiary malaria study was a controlled but ethically questionable study of the effects of malaria on prisoners of Stateville Penitentiary near Joliet, Illinois, in the 1940s, conducted by the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago in conjunction with the United States Army and the State Department. The ...
June 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - New developments have emerged regarding the plans to close Stateville Prison and relocate Logan Prison, with public hearings continuing to gather ...
CREST HILL, Ill. - Plans to demolish and rebuild Stateville and Logan correctional centers were laid out in Springfield on Friday. At a hearing before the Commission on Government Forecasting and ...
June 11, 2024 at 7:22 PM. CREST HILL, Ill. - Workers at Stateville Correctional Center are criticizing the state's plans to close the facility while a new prison is being built. Some staff workers ...
Federal Correctional Institution, Thomson. / 41.97222°N 90.10833°W / 41.97222; -90.10833. The Federal Correctional Institution, Thomson ( FCI Thomson ), formerly United States Penitentiary, Thomson and Thomson Correctional Center, is a low-security federal prison located in Thomson, Illinois. It has an area of about 146 acres (59 ha ...