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He was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison at the time of his death. [28] Marcelo Moren Brito: 2015-09-11 Chile: Multiple organ failure [29] Retired Army colonel and former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional: He was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison. [29] Sarah Reed: 2016-01-11 United Kingdom
Jail Deaths By State. The Department of Justice publishes annual counts of jail fatalities by state, but 2013 is the last year for which such data is available. This graphic allows you to browse by state to see how our 2015-16 numbers compare with the DOJ's tallies from previous years.
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]
In May 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections called for Stateville to be converted from a Level 1 maximum security facility to a multi-level facility focused on returning inmates to society. In March 2024, the State announced plans to temporarily close the prison, demolish it, and construct a new facility on the grounds. [11]
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.
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 ]
Died in prison on July 31, 2019. Member of the United Freedom Front, he engaged in numerous acts of domestic terrorism, including multiple bombings and bank robberies. He was also convicted for the 1981 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Philip Lomonaco. [39] Tarek Mehanna: 05315-748: Transferred to FTC Oklahoma City. Served a 17-year sentence ...
Joliet Correctional Center, which was a completely separate prison from Stateville Correctional Center (part of which is a panopticon) in nearby Crest Hill, opened in 1858. The prison was built with convict labor leased by the state to contractor Lorenzo P. Sanger and warden Samuel K. Casey.