Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet

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historic site maximum-security prison prison

The Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet was a historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois, known for housing notable inmates and for its iconic limestone architecture featured in popular culture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet canonical	2
Joliet Correctional Center	2
Joliet Correctional Center (fictional depiction)	1
historic Joliet Correctional Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1741058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
Context triple: [Michael Schwab, imprisonedAt, Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet]

A. Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
B. Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory is a historic former prison in Mansfield, Ohio, best known for serving as the primary filming location of the acclaimed film "The Shawshank Redemption."
C. United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
D. Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
E. United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
Target entity description: The Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet was a historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois, known for housing notable inmates and for its iconic limestone architecture featured in popular culture.

A. Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
B. Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory is a historic former prison in Mansfield, Ohio, best known for serving as the primary filming location of the acclaimed film "The Shawshank Redemption."
C. United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
D. Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
E. United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ maximum-security prison ⓘ prison ⓘ
architecturalStyle	limestone architecture ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Joliet, Illinois ⓘ Defunct prisons in Illinois ⓘ Maximum security prisons in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedAs	historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois ⓘ iconic limestone prison featured in popular culture ⓘ
function	detention of maximum-security inmates ⓘ incarceration of convicted offenders ⓘ
hasFeature	castle-like façade ⓘ guard towers ⓘ perimeter walls ⓘ
hasPart	administration building ⓘ cell blocks ⓘ main gate ⓘ prison yard ⓘ
hasReputation	iconic American prison ⓘ notorious state prison ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic prison complex ⓘ
isA	state penitentiary ⓘ
jurisdiction	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois
knownFor	appearance in television series ⓘ appearance in the film "The Blues Brothers" ⓘ appearances in popular culture ⓘ housing notable inmates ⓘ iconic limestone architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Illinois ⓘ Joliet, Illinois ⓘ Will County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedNear	Des Plaines River ⓘ downtown Joliet ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ
operatedBy	Illinois Department of Corrections ⓘ Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois
partOf	Illinois Department of Corrections ⓘ surface form: Illinois state prison system
securityClassification	maximum security ⓘ
usedFor	filming location ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michael Schwab → imprisonedAt → Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet ⓘ

Joliet, Illinois → knownFor → Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic Joliet Correctional Center

Joliet, Illinois → hasAttraction → Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joliet Correctional Center

Samuel Fielden → imprisonedAt → Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet ⓘ

Jake Blues → incarceratedAt → Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joliet Correctional Center (fictional depiction)

Prison City → associatedWith → Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet ⓘ