Joliet
Near Chicago, southwest
Joliet is a city in northeastern Illinois, southwest of Chicago, known historically as a major industrial and transportation hub.
It houses Stateville Correctional Center, one of Illinois's largest maximum-security prisons, which gives the city name a colloquial association with incarceration: He did five years in Joliet.
The city is named for French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet.
Metropolitan area in Illinois
- Route 66Historic cross-country highway
- I-80Transcontinental US interstate
- I-55Numbered federal highway
- Blues BrothersSoul revue comedy act
Soul revue comedy act
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
cell block · guard tower · inmates · maximum security · prison break · limestone walls
Historic cross-country highway
- VictorianOf a prim era
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
steel industry · canal town · rail hub · French explorer · settlement
Chicagoland
Metropolitan area in Illinois
Blues Brothers
Soul revue comedy act
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
warden · cell block · guard tower · inmates · maximum security · prison break · limestone walls
Route 66
Historic cross-country highway
preservation · steel industry · canal town · rail hub · French explorer · settlement
JolietChicago
Major Illinois metropolis
Naperville · Winnetka · Highland Park · Evanston · Rockford