For the women's prison in Quebec, Canada, see Joliette Institution.Joliet Correctional Center (colloquially known as Joliet Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States from 1858 to 2002.

JOLIET, Ill. -- For 143 years, this northern Illinois city has been largely defined by the fortress-like maximum-security prison that housed some of the state's toughest criminals.

CHICAGO — Dozens of men have begun to be transferred out of Stateville Correctional Center just north of Joliet as debates continue over the condition of the century-old prison and Gov. JB ...

Now, Joliet Correctional Center is in its last days. One of the nation's oldest prisons, built before the Civil War by inmates from another prison who were literally sent up the river (the ...

Thanas doesn't expect that kind of opposition in Joliet, which has been home to the now-closed Joliet Correctional Center for more than 150 years.

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- It was featured in movie classics such as "The Sting" and "The Blues Brothers," and now another major motion picture will film scenes at the former Joliet Correctional Center.

The fire broke out in the old Joliet Correctional Center at 1132 Collins Street overnight. There was no word of injuries, but residents say they saw flames coming from the prison around 3:30 a.m ...

The Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is considering the former Joliet Correctional Center as an option for NATO protestors arrested for serious offenses. That's ...