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In May 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections called for Stateville to be converted from a Level 1 maximum security facility to a multi-level facility focused on returning inmates to society. In March 2024, the State announced plans to temporarily close the prison, demolish it, and construct a new facility on the grounds. [11]
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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 .
Joliet Correctional Center, which was a completely separate prison from Stateville Correctional Center (part of which is a panopticon) 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 Shawnee Correctional Center is a medium-security state prison for men located in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1984, and has a working capacity of 2147. The facility is adjacent to the state's Vienna Correctional Center.
US 220 was realigned onto US 322 and a limited-access highway running from State College to Bellefonte on May 30, 2003, at which point the previous route via Milesburg was redesignated as US 220 Alternate. [17] The latter route was extended to Tyrone when US 220 was moved onto a new section of I-99 from Tyrone to Port Matilda in 2008. [18]
The Taylorville Correctional Center is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1990, and has a working capacity of 1221.
Menard Correctional Center, known prior to 1970 as Southern Illinois Penitentiary, is an Illinois state prison located in the town of Chester in Randolph County, Illinois. It houses maximum-security and high-medium-security adult males. The average daily population as of 2007 was 3,410. [1]