Old Joliet Prison now offering tours of administration building The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20.

The Old Joliet Haunted Prison will host a special pop-up event on June 13-14, featuring a haunted house experience, themed food and drinks, and photo opportunities, with tickets starting at $29.

Who, or what, haunts Old Joliet Prison? Visitors say they’ve seen unexplained movement on the prison grounds. But do ghost stories detract from the specter of a truly dark history?

The Civil War-era state prison will be open for tours to the public, thanks to a partnership with the Missouri Department of Corrections and the Lansing Historical Society and Museum.

Blues Brothers Con — The Sequel: Head to the Old Joliet Prison where Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi will host a lineup of Chicago blues performers for another year of Blues Brothers Con. Curtis ...

The old Lansing Correctional Facility, originally known as Kansas State Penitentiary, had housed inmates from the 1860s up until 2020.

JOLIET, Ill. — A man who works for the Illinois Department of Corrections was charged after allegedly grooming and soliciting a 13-year-old girl. Robert Arndt, 45, of Joliet, was charged with ...

The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20. A section of the prison that has been off limits will open to the public later this month, but not as part ...

But thanks to more than $10 million in state and federal grants, tour groups can now tour the administration building and see what it was like to be a warden in the old prison. Noel Brennan reports.

But thanks to more than $10 million in state and federal grants, tour groups can now tour the administration building and see what it was like to be a warden in the old prison. Noel Brennan reports.