He was sent to Joliet in recent months from the more modern Illinois River Correctional Center in Canton, a medium-security prison that opened in 1989. “I hope I’m going back to Illinois River ...

A Will County judge Monday denied a state motion to dismiss a Joliet lawsuit over construction of a new building for sex offenders at the Joliet Correctional Center. Circuit Judge Herman Haase ...

Prisoners at an Illinois Department of Corrections facility in Joliet suffer through nightmare living conditions, with rat-infested cells, rotten food and raw sewage overflowing into common areas ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A raging fire at the shuttered Joliet Correctional Center on Monday has renewed questions about what should be done with the site.The fire started in an industrial building at the ...

Prisoners at an Illinois Department of Corrections facility in Joliet suffer through nightmare living conditions, with rat-infested cells, rotten food and raw sewage overflowing into common areas ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A former youth prison in Joliet has been transformed into a new treatment center for mentally ill inmates.The state of Illinois settled a lawsuit dealing with the treatment of ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WTHR) - A famed prison seen in movies and TV caught fire Monday night in the Chicago suburb of Joilet Monday night. The old Joliet prison, which was originally known as the Illinois ...

So will Joliet Treatment Center, Peoria Adult Transition Center, and Kewanee and Murphysboro life skills re-entry centers. Other correctional centers opening May 3 include Southwestern Illinois ...

To reduce overcrowding in Joliet, Stateville Correctional Center opened less than seven miles away in 1925. Joliet finally shut down in 2002. The trial of Chicken Joe ...

Donnell said there is room for Stateville's inmates at the Sheridan Correctional Center, located approximately 70 miles south of Chicago in LaSalle County. That facility also has educational ...