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Preferred term
Joliet Correctional Center
Definition
- The Joliet Correctional Center is the oldest maximum security prison in Illinois and was for many years the largest penal facility in the United States. Joliet was built to alleviate overcrowding at Alton, the first state prison in Illinois. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Joliet Correctional Center]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Joliet_Correctional_Center
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