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ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY,
STATEVILLE, NEAR JOLIET, ILL 22
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28117N
The new Illinois State Penitentiary is located
on the State Farm of 2,220 acres, 64 acres of
which are enclosed in a concrete wall, 30 ft.
high, 11/4 miles long, with guards' observation
towers at various points. This is the largest
prison "yard" in the U. S. The arrangement
of the buildings and corridors permits complete
segregation and classification into five grades.
All buildings are of fire-proof construction. А
specially slooped skylight upon the roof of the
building permits the sun to shine directly into
the glass fronts of all the cells every day the
sun shines.
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