by dtmulka | May 20, 2020 | Plan Your Visit, Tour Info
In anticipation of updated public health guidelines via the Governor’s Restore Illinois Program, the Joliet Area Historical Museum will reopen the Old Joliet Prison Historic Site on Monday, June 1st at 9:00 a.m. The Prison will be open seven days per week and offer...
by dtmulka | Aug 23, 2019 | Events, Great Joliet Prison Break-In, Plan Your Visit, Tour Info
Part of the story of Old Joliet Prison is its abandonment. In 2002, the Prison was closed. You saw some use from the State of Illinois, some filming (such as Prison Break), and sometime after that – it was just a building surrounded by barbed wire. The...
