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The Old Bilibid Prison, then known as Carcel y Presidio Correccional (Spanish, "Correctional Jail and Military Prison") occupied a rectangular piece of land that was part of the Mayhalique Estate in the heart of Manila. [4] The old prison was established by the Spanish colonial government on June 25, 1865, via royal decree. [5]
The 4,000 Japanese nationals living in Manila—mostly businessmen and professionals—were interned at the Old Bilibid prison and at the newly-constructed New Bilibid Prison. [7] The prison leadership under Prisons Director Major Eriberto Misa was said to had given compassionate treatment to the internees, with the internees trusting Misa. [8]
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 .
In a letter, Democrats urge the Illinois Department of Corrections to allow inmates to continue to receive their original physical mail. At a news conference Wednesday, state Rep. Charles Meier, R ...
Under Illinois law, those ordered to serve prison time can be required to serve 50%, 75%, 85% or 100% of their sentences. The percentages increase based on the severity of the offense, according ...
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
Members of a legislative review panel on Friday said a state proposal to replace the ancient Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Chicago makes sense, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration ...
State budget constraints as well as labor union opposition to closing other state prisons prevented the maximum-security prison from opening. [14] In 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich proposed to close the state prison in Pontiac and to open the Thomson maximum-security unit instead. However, Blagojevich was subsequently arrested on ...