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Stateville Correctional Center - Joliet Prison

The drama of tough guys who dreamed of gaining freedom from behind the walls of the two prisons at Joliet has been played out on the front pages of the Herald-News for decades. These desperate men dug tunnels, built crude ladders, braided ropes, poisoned guards' coffee, smuggled in guns and took hostages in attempts to regain their lost freedom. But only a few of them ever succeeded in actually getting away. Instead, their foiled plans became front page fodder for this newspaper, which has preserved that news on microfilm.