Noel Brennan of CBS Chicago goes inside the former Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois. Built in the 1850s, the ...

Joliet police responded to the Bel Air Motel for a 911 call from Garvey. She had been with the victim, who was her 8-month-old child, as well as her 2-year-old and 3-year-old children at the motel.

The Joliet prison closed in 2002 after 144 years. Film officials say having the vacant prison close to Chicago could be a good draw for other movies, since many other empty jails are either too ...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Behind its massive limestone walls -- five feet thick and as much as 40 feet high -- have walked such infamous criminals as Baby Face Nelson.

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.

A landlord who was sentenced to decades in prison for killing a Palestinian American boy and wounding his mother has died.

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Neighbors living near a closed state prison in Joliet are frustrated and worried that the property is falling into disrepair, saying last week's fire is just ...