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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 .
Logan Correctional Center and Stateville Correctional Center both would be on the chopping block under the plan first proposed by Gov. JB Pritzker in March. Where controversy lies, especially ...
Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections (1833-1857) Union Army (1862-1865) The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During the American Civil War, the prison was reopened in 1862 to accommodate the growing population of Confederate ...
Logan Correctional Center is an American prison in the state of Illinois for female and transgender offenders in Broadwell Township, Logan County, Illinois, near Lincoln and 30 miles (48 km) north of Springfield. The 150-acre (61 ha) prison opened in January 1978. A 57-acre (23 ha) plot of fenced land houses general population prisoners.
FOX 32 News. 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 ...
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 ...
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.
May 10, 2024 at 2:32 PM. 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 ...