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 ...

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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 ...

Two men, Jamarion Poston and Michael Brophy, were arrested in connection with a shooting in Joliet that left a woman injured and struck two homes. Poston, 22, was found with two loaded handguns ...

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 ...

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 ...