This historic and famous state prison goes by many names, including the Old Joliet Prison, the Joliet Correctional Center, the Joliet Prison, or it's official name of Collins Street Prison.

This facility is probably most famous as the Joliet Prison where Jake Blues is released at the beginning of the original Blues Brothers movie. It as also the site of several movies, TV shows, and TV specials, including Get Smart, Red Heat, and the Fox Network's shows Prison Break and Bones.

The facility was built in 1858 with prison labor, and was in operation until 2002.

It housed up to 1,300 inmates behind it's 25-foot high, 5-foot-thick walls, which were made from pure Joliet limestone. The limestone was quarried on-site.

The facility is still maintained and secured by the Illinois Department of Corrections. The parking lot has been turned into a tourist attraction with kiosks about the facility and its history.