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Dart Suggests Using Old Joliet Prison For NATO Arrests
Updated 04/29/12 – 4:51 p.m. JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – The NATO summit is just weeks away and Chicago officials are figuring out how to handle the thousands of protestors expected to turn out for the...
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State: Joliet Prison Not An Option For Holding NATO Arrestees
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – State officials have shot down Cook County Sheriff’s idea of using the old Joliet Correctional Center, or its annex across the street, to hold people who might be arrested during...
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Fire Destroys Warehouse At Shuttered Joliet Prison
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – Joliet firefighters put out a blaze early Thursday at the shuttered Joliet Correctional Center, made famous for being used in the movie “Blues Brothers” and the TV show “Prison...
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Officials Looking To Turn Joliet Prison Into Tourist Attraction
(CBS) – The next people inside the Joliet Prison may have to pay for the privilege, reports WBBM’s John Cody. Joliet officials are keenly aware of the part their city’s now closed prison played in the...
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View: John Belushi Joliet Prison ID
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — For a short time, John Belushi was an employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections. He, and presumably other actors and crew members, needed an employee ID to film...
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2 Girls Face Charges After Trespassing Joliet Prison, 1 Was Trapped Inside
CHICAGO (CBS) — The old Joliet Correctional Center has been closed for 15 years, but authorities said that did not stop two teenage girls from going inside Monday, resulting in one of them trapped. Two...
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Joliet Prison That Made ‘Blues Brothers’ Cameo Catches Fire
(CBS) — The former Joliet Correctional Center caught fire Monday evening. Details were not immediately available, but the Joliet Fire Department posted photographs and video of a rolling fire. It...
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Mayor Says Old Joliet Prison ‘Becoming A Problem’ After Raging Fire
CHICAGO (CBS) — A raging fire at the shuttered Joliet Correctional Center on Monday has renewed questions about what should be done with the site. The fire started in an industrial building at the old...
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Teen Charged With Arson Following Fire At Old Joliet Prison
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with Monday’s raging fire at the old Joliet prison. Joliet police released a photo Tuesday in hopes of tracking down persons of...
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Vacant Joliet Prison Catches Fire For Second Time This Year
CHICAGO (CBS) — A fire broke out Monday morning at the vacant southwest suburban prison where the movie “The Blues Brothers” was filmed, the second time this year that a blaze was reported at the...
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