Maximum Security is No Match
The History of Joliet – Chapter 34 By John Whiteside of The Herald News (used with permission) Submitted by Nancy Vargo Through the years, there were many escapes from Stateville. But not all of them were well planned. By John WHITESIDE of The Herald News In the summer of 1919, the toughest inmates in the old Joliet prison were moved to the big circular cellhouse at Stateville. The new prison was still under construction. But its builders said that round cellhouse was absolutely escape proof. Then surrounded by only a wooden stockade, Stateville had been on the state’s drawing boards … Read more