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 ...

The museum's gift store also carries several T-shirts and sweatshirts featuring the Blues Brothers and the Old Joliet Prison, as well as Route 66 and First 100 Miles of Route 66 memorabilia.

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Andrew Ortega was sent to Western Illinois Correctional Center in 2024 ... from Joliet." In a Joliet house on Hickory Street back in 2013, Miner lured two men -- 22-year-old friends Eric Glover ...