An active investigation is ongoing in the 5500-block of Meadowbrook Street, Joliet police said. It began at about 9 a.m. Residents in the area are being requested to shelter in place. No other ...

As you motor southwest from Chicago, when you are almost within sight of Joliet ... are the cell blocks of Illinois’ model penitentiary. Here, last week, occurred the first major prison riot ...

The museum already has booked a 200-ticket block this summer ... put on display in the prison yard when the facility was decommissioned. A plaque next to the cell calls Joliet the “last of ...

JOLIET — The Will County State’s Attorney ... Severado’s entire existence will now be staring at the cold blank walls of a prison cell.” The sentence includes 11 years in prison for ...

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JOLIET — The Old Joliet Prison will draw people from all over the world on Saturday, Aug. 17 as the Blues Brothers Con ...