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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 .
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.
The execution chamber was located at Tamms Correctional Center. Previously, inmates had been executed at Stateville Correctional Center. In March 1998, the site of executions was moved from Stateville Correctional Center to Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms, Illinois. See also. Illinois portal; List of law enforcement agencies in Illinois
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 ...
Opened. 1878. Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections. 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.
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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of people executed in Illinois.A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977. All were executed by lethal injection.