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  2. Illinois Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    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. [4] The IDOC was established in 1970, combining the state's prisons, juvenile ...

  3. Menard Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  4. Shawnee Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The Shawnee Correctional Center is a medium-security state prison for men located in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1984, and has a working capacity of 2147. The facility is adjacent to the state's Vienna Correctional Center.

  5. Stateville Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The old and smaller Joliet Correctional Center, which had opened in 1858 on a site in Joliet 3 miles (4.8 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 inm

  6. (The Center Square) – Beginning Jan. 1, offenders who go through the Adult Redeploy Illinois program will now be called “justice impacted individuals.” House Bill 4409 sparked spirited ...

  7. Joliet Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Joliet Correctional Center 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. [2] The first 33 inmates arrived from Alton in May 1858 to begin construction; the last prisoners were transferred in ...

  8. Vandalia Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    The Vandalia Correctional Institution is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1921. In 2011 the prison watchdog group John Howard Association released a report highly critical of conditions at ...

  9. IL Department of Corrections quiet after lawmakers address ...

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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 ...