Once it was among the largest prisons in the country, but Joliet's permanent population has shrunk to about 200, and for decades it has served mainly as the state prison system's intake valve.

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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 another sign ...

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 ...

just outside of Joliet. At the same time, its proximity to Chicago means it’s had some of the richest educational and cultural programming in the state prison system. But the judge’s order has ...

The Blagojevich administration, however, told a Senate panel it can move inmates out of the maximum-security wing of the Joliet ... the state. The move will displace an estimated 400 prison ...

near Joliet, almost deserted. A federal judge this summer ordered state prison officials to move most people incarcerated at Stateville by Sept. 30, after civil rights lawyers filed a lawsuit on ...