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The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department 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, and its headquarters are in Springfield.
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.
Opened. 1871. Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections. Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3.
W. Witherspoon v. Illinois. Categories: Capital punishment in the United States by state. Illinois law. Penal system in Illinois. Death in Illinois. Murder in Illinois.
In a 6-3 decision, the court’s majority declined to take an appeal from an Illinois prisoner held in solitary confinement for more than three years with no opportunity for exercise
In March 1998, the site of executions was moved 305 miles (491 km) southwest to the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms, Illinois. On March 9, 2011, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation ending capital punishment in the state of Illinois. Current use. Today the prison holds an average of over 3,500, at an annual cost of over $32,000 per prisoner.
Few of the cases were tied to the state's correctional system, and even fewer resulted in convictions. Last week, prosecutors charged nine former corrections workers in one day.
Category: Penal system in Illinois. ... Capital punishment in Illinois (2 C, 12 P) J. Jails in Illinois (1 C, 1 P) P. Prisoners and detainees of Illinois (5 ...