{"id":50510,"date":"2019-08-13T13:52:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?page_id=50510"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:08:39","slug":"old-joliet-prison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/old-joliet-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Joliet Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n1125 Collins St
\nJoliet, IL 60432<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
\n815.723.5201<\/a><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>
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