🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Joliet Correctional Center
closed prison in Joliet, Illinois
🇺🇸 United States · 41.5470, -88.0742
Joliet Correctional Center is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Footage of the prison is used for the exterior shots for the Illinois "state prison" in the 1949 film White Heat, and for the location of the first and second season of the series Prison Break, and the 2006 film Let's Go to Prison.”
TV series filmed at Joliet Correctional Center
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Joliet Correctional Center as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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The Blues Brothers
1980
“Much of The Blues Brothers was shot on location in and around Chicago between July and October 1979, including Joliet Correctional Center in nearby Joliet, Illinois, and Wauconda, Illinois, where the car crashes into the side of Route 12.” Wikipedia
Named here by Joliet Correctional Center’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Joliet Correctional Center, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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White Heat 1949
“Footage of the prison is used for the exterior shots for the Illinois "state prison" in the 1949 film White Heat, and for the location of the first and second season of the series Prison Break, and the 2006 film Let's Go to Prison.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Joliet Correctional Center?
2 productions are recorded as filmed at Joliet Correctional Center, including Prison Break (2005–2017) and The Blues Brothers (1980). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Joliet Correctional Center?
Prison Break (2005–2017), covered by 89 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Joliet Correctional Center?
Joliet Correctional Center is in the United States, at 41.5470, -88.0742.
What other filming locations are near Joliet Correctional Center?
Chicago, LaSalle Street, Wacker Drive, Navy Pier and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Joseph Gage from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0.