He walks around like he owns the place. Almost all of Colon's 2,600 fellow inmates are locked down in their cells. At this time, a lock down was being enforced because of a serious incident at another state prison that has heightened tensions. But Colon is within the rules to be just walking around. He even has a key to his room.
Colon lives in what is known as the honor dorm.
In the bizarre world of Illinois prisons, Gino Colon is said to be a model prisoner. None of these charges can be proven and Colon certainly will not admit to them. It is a world where about six out of every then inmates are gang members. Colon has been in prison since 1971. He was convicted of murdering a rival gang member and for trafficking in heroin while inside of Stateville, located in Joliet.