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Erin Hooley / AP Share Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison was closed last summer, 278 were convicted of murder, and 100 more are serving ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving time for other violent ...

Opened in 1925, Stateville was targeted for closure in the spring when Gov. JB Pritzker set aside $900 million to replace it and Logan Correctional Center, the deteriorating women’s facility in ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving time ...