Joliet Correctional Center
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Joliet Correctional Center is a former prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States, which operated from 1858 to 2002.
Main entrance in 2020
Stateville Correctional Center (pictured in 1932), which opened 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the north-northwest in 1925, was meant to replace the Joliet Correctional Center; instead, the pair co-existed for 77 years.
Leopold and Loeb
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Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, together known as Leopold and Loeb, were two American murderers who kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United S
Joliet Correctional Center
…meant to lead to the swift closure of Joliet. This did not happen, and both prisons operated simultaneously for the rest of the 20th century. In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were given life sentences to be served at Joliet (after their successful defense—from the death penalty—by Clarence Darrow). Their case was known as…
Leopold (right) and Loeb in August 1924
Bobby Franks
The ransom letter
Defense attorney Clarence Darrow