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Old Joliet Prison arch off Collins Street. Joliet Correctional Center closed as a holding prison in 2002. Budget cuts and the obsolete and dangerous nature of the buildings were the cited reasons. All inmates and most staff were transferred to Stateville Correctional Center.
Joliet Iron & Steel Works in the 1870s Ruins of the gas engine house at the old ironworks. Joliet Prison is visible in the background. Ruins of gas washers at the Joliet Iron Works Historic Site. The Joliet Iron and Steel Works was once the second largest steel mill in the United States. [2] Joliet Iron Works was initially run from 1869 to 1936.
Dwight Correctional Center: closed in 2013; maximum security; Hardin County Work Camp; closed 2015; low minimum; Jesse 'Ma' Houston Adult Transition Center: closed 2011; transitional facility; Joliet Prison: closed in 2002; 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Stateville Correctional Center; Kankakee Minimum-Security Unit; low minimum, closed 2010
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The release of 409 prisoners would represent 1.37% of the statewide prison population of 29,828 that was listed as of Dec. 31. The Department of Corrections reports that since 2013, the overall ...
Other states closed prisons by reducing the prison population The state of California recently closed four of its prisons, the result of a huge reduction in inmate population between 2006 and now.
CITY OF JOLIET, ) ) Defendant. ) _____) COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL The United States of America alleges: 1. This action is brought by the United States against the City of Joliet (“Joliet” or “the City”) to enforce the provisions of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair
The private prison industry has long fueled its growth on the proposition that it is a boon to taxpayers, delivering better outcomes at lower costs than state facilities. But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and