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Old Joliet Prison arch off Collins Street. Joliet Correctional Center closed as a holding prison in 2002. Budget cuts and the obsolete and dangerous nature of the buildings were the cited reasons. All inmates and most staff were transferred to Stateville Correctional Center, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the north-northwest.
Remains of the old Illinois State Prison, the first state penitentiary in Illinois. Alton Military Prison: open 1833 through 1857, replaced by Joliet; operated as a military prison during the Civil War; Decatur Adult Transition Center; closed 2012; Dwight Correctional Center: closed in 2013; maximum security; Hardin County Work Camp; closed ...
The old and smaller Joliet Correctional Center, which had opened in 1858 on a site in Joliet 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the south-southeast, was being considered for closure. . Construction commenced on the new Stateville facility in 1917, in what was then an unincorporated area of Lockport Township, [a] opening in 1925 with capacity to accommodate 1,506 inmat
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At a news conference Wednesday, state Rep. Charles Meier, R-Okawville, said the acting IDOC Director Latoya Hughes at the very least owes Illinoisans a hea IL Department of Corrections quiet after ...
The site is also an access point for the 12.5-mile (20.1 km) I&M Canal Trail/Centennial Trail. This trail, of which portions are paved or crushed limestone, connects Joliet's City Center to the Centennial Trail in Cook County, Illinois. Amenities at Joliet Iron Works Historic Site were renovated in 2009 and 2010.
El Paso Township is located in Woodford County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,459 and it contained 1,387 housing units. [2] El Paso Township formed from Palestine Township in September, 1861. El Paso is located at 40°44'20" North, 89°0'58" West (40.738800, -89.016034).
Dunlap had complained about the state's lack of outdoor exercise facilities at Colorado State Penitentiary. [10] The Crowley County facility experienced two major riots involving Colorado and Washington state prisoners, the first in 1999 when operated by Correctional Services Corporation and the second on July 20, 2004, when owned and operated ...