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  2. Franklin County Jail (Benton, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    The jail housed prisoners until 1990, when a new jail was constructed after the State of Illinois condemned the old building. The Franklin County Historic Preservation Society has since converted the old jail to a historic museum. [2] The jail building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is one of three listed ...

  3. Cook County Jail - Wikipedia

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    The song "My Long Walk to Jail" on Filter's 2002 album The Amalgamut includes a sample of an incoming call from Cook County Jail. The Cook County Prison was referenced to by Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) in the film The Blues Brothers as serving oatmeal to inmates. The Cook County Prison is where Bigger Thomas is held, in Richard Wright's Native Son.

  4. Constitutionality of sex offender registries in the United ...

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    The constitutionality of sex offender registries in the United States has been challenged on a number of state and federal constitutional grounds. While the Supreme Court of the United States has twice upheld sex offender registration laws, in 2015 it vacated a requirement that an offender submit to lifetime ankle-bracelet monitoring, finding it was a Fourth Amendment search that was later ...

  5. Knox County Jail - Wikipedia

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    The Knox County Jail, located on the public square in Knoxville, is a former county jail used by Knox County, Illinois. Built in 1845, the jail was the second used in the county; it replaced a log jail which was thought to be insufficiently secure. Contractor Alvah Wheeler built the two-story brick building for $7,724.

  6. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, the TCEQ had around 500 people assisting in the response to Hurricane Harvey. [5] During and long after the event, the agency kept the public informed by posting air-monitoring data in near real time, status of public water systems, and other information on its Hurricane Harvey webpage. [6]

  7. The end of cash bail and more: What's in Illinois' SAFE-T Act?

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    The vote in the Illinois House for House Bill 3653 saw 60 in favor, 50 opposed, and three not voting. A total of eight Democrats voted in opposition. Rep. Mike Murphy, R-Springfield: Against

  8. List of counties in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.

  9. Inmate hung a noose. Jailers too busy watching 'explicit ...

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