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Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [ 1][ 2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [ 3] that contains New York City 's largest jail. [ 4][ 5] Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago: Illinois Mixed [129] Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (temporarily closed) New York Mixed [130] Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego: California Mixed [131] Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn: New York Mixed [132] Metropolitan Detention Center, Guaynabo: Puerto Rico Mixed [133]
The Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago ( MCC Chicago) is a United States federal prison in Chicago, Illinois, which holds male and female prisoners of all security levels prior to and during court proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois, as well as inmates serving brief sentences. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons ...
The Cook County Jail, located on 96 acres (39 hectares) in South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, is operated by the Sheriff of Cook County. [ 1] It is sometimes referred to as California or Hotel California, as its address is on California Avenue. A city jail has existed on this site since after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but major County ...
Daniel Sproul. The United States Penitentiary, Marion ( USP Marion) is a large medium-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Southern Precinct, [1] unincorporated Williamson County, Illinois. [2] [3] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
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 .
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 .
Prisons. Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility (formerly Highview; inmate operating capacity 450) Columbia Correctional Institution (capacity 541) Dodge Correctional Institution. Fox Lake Correctional Institution. Green Bay Correctional Institution. Jackson Correctional Institution (capacity 988) Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution.