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 ...

Weeks after pleading guilty to murder and being sentenced to Illinois Department of Corrections, Shanquilla Garvey had a ...

Joliet, Ill.? When Wentworth Miller needs ... Behind the scenes, however, changes abound. The prison’s old shower building – where signs inform prisoners they have 15 minutes before the ...

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