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Jake Blues of the "Blues Brothers" spent some time here as a guest of the State of Illinois. Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary and the Collins Street Prison) opened in 1858. The limestone for it's construction was quarried on site Criminals and prisoners of war were held here during the Civil War. In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were given life sentences to be served at Joliet after…

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