Now, for the first time since the facility closed in 2002, tourists can walk in through that gate. The Old Joliet Prison, as it’s known locally, is offering public tours. But the prison outside ...

There may be some accountability for the family of a man who was strangled in prison by an already convicted heinous murderer nearly five months ago, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

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.

JOLIET — The Joliet Police Department issued a press release on Wednesday announcing that 45-year-old Joliet resident Robert Arndt, who works as the Stateville Correctional Center's food ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) established two new partnerships to address needs and expand training ...

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