The United States Penitentiary, Marion is a large medium-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Southern Precinct, unincorporated Williamson County, Illinois. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum security male offenders.
Correction Officer Merle Clutts
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Marion, Illinois
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The city of Marion is the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population in the Marion city, IL was 16,867 per American Community Survey data for 2018-2022.
Marion in 1938
Marion, 1910
Williamson County Courthouse