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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 centers, and parole services. The juvenile corrections system was split off into the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice on July 1, 2006. [3]
Steven Kenneth Bonnell II (born December 12, 1988), known online as Destiny, is an American live streamer and political commentator. He was among the first people to stream video games online full-time. [6] Since 2016, he has streamed political debates with other online personalities, in which he advocates for liberal and social democratic ...
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.
(This is the first in a three-part series remembering the Pontiac Correctional Center riot on July 22, 1978. The Pontiac Daily Leader interviewed PCC guards Tom Bailey, Richard Jones, Terry ...
Menard Correctional Center opened in March 1878; it is the second oldest operating prison in Illinois, and, by a large margin, the state's largest prison. Menard once housed death row; however, on January 10, 2003, the Condemned Unit closed when then Governor George Ryan granted clemency to all Illinois death row inmates. [ 2 ]
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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
Carrasquillo went before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Each time, he was narrowly denied parole by a vote of 7 to 6. In two of those cases, the seven votes were in ...