The Old Joliet Prison, as it’s known locally, is offering public tours. But the prison outside Chicago is not the Alcatraz of the Midwest. It hasn’t been spruced up with exhibits and an audio ...

Geiler's previous crimes happened nowhere near Joliet. His 2016, 2017 and 2021 convictions that landed him in prison at the Dixon Correctional Center were in Tazewell and Woodford Counties.

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Will County State’s Attorney’s Office sentenced Tamica Neal, 45, to 1 year in prison for fatally stabbing a dog in 2024. On ...

In a Joliet house on Hickory Street back in 2013 ... ineligible for parole and was serving his time at the state prison about an hour east of the Missouri border, when Ortega was placed to ...

The museum's gift store also carries several T-shirts and sweatshirts featuring the Blues Brothers and the Old Joliet Prison, as well as Route 66 and First 100 Miles of Route 66 memorabilia.

The charge is class A misdemeanor in state of Illinois, could result in up to one year in prison for Father Carlos Martins ...

"We’re generating ideas to reimagine the site. We want people to think big, think creatively and think outside the box.” ...