The second-oldest prison in Illinois, built to house 1,800 people, was already over capacity — at nearly 2,000 inmates — by 1878, Peerbolte said. In “Joliet Prisons: Images in Time,” local ...

the ex-Illinois Department of Corrections prison inmate now on parole finds himself in the Will County Jail after Joliet police say he followed a random woman to her west side home early Friday ...

Erin Hooley / AP Share Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison was closed ... the Crest Hill lockup north of Joliet were not shipped to top ...

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Joliet, Ill.? When Wentworth Miller needs inspiration for his character on Fox’s “Prison Break,” he just takes a look at the fortresslike limestone walls surrounding him. There’s nothing ...

An Illinois man may avoid prison for hitting a car and shooting at the fleeing driver in November 2019. Ralph Bevineau, 30, of Joliet, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery, a Level 5 felony ...

Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy and director of graduate studies in philosophy, has taught two courses — on ethics and, more recently, mass incarceration — at Stateville ...