Joliet Correctional Center
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| Location | Joliet, Illinois, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′49″N 88°04′27″W / 41.54694°N 88.07417°W |
| Status | Opened for tours in 2018 |
| Opened | 1858 |
| Closed | 2002 |
| Website | www |
Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary, the Old Joliet Prison, and the Collins Street Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States, from 1858 to 2002. It is featured in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers as the prison from which Jake Blues is released at the beginning of the movie (hence his nickname Joliet Jake). It is also used for the exterior shots of the Illinois "state prison" in the 1949 film White Heat, the location for the first and second season of the series Prison Break, and the 2006 film Let's Go to Prison. In 2018, it opened for tours.