page_title: Joliet Correctional Center
hierarchical_section_title: Joliet Correctional Center
caption_attribution_description: English: East gate of the Joliet Prison. This is the same gate that was featured in The Blues Brothers.
context_page_description: Joliet Correctional Center was a prison in Joliet, Illinois from 1858 to 2002. It is featured in the motion picture The Blues Brothers as the prison from which Jake Blues is released at the beginning of the movie. It is also used for the exterior shots of the Illinois "state prison" in the James Cagney film White Heat, and the location for first season of Fox Network's Prison Break television show, and the movie Let's Go to Prison. In 2018, it opened for tours.
context_section_description: Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary and the Collins Street Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois from 1858 to 2002. It is featured in the motion picture The Blues Brothers as the prison from which Jake Blues is released at the beginning of the movie. It is also used for the exterior shots of the Illinois "state prison" in the James Cagney film White Heat, and the location for first season of Fox Network's Prison Break television show, and the movie Let's Go to Prison.  In 2018, it opened for tours.
caption: East gate of the prison
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