Prison City

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Prison City is a nickname for Joliet, Illinois, referencing its historic and prominent state penitentiary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname
appliesTo city
associatedWith Illinois Department of Corrections
surface form: Illinois state prison system

Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
surface form: Joliet Correctional Center
country United States of America
hasAlternativeNameFor Joliet, Illinois
hasConnotation association with incarceration
association with state penitentiary
hasCulturalAssociation prison history of Joliet
hasHistoricalBasis Joliet’s role as a major prison site
hasNotableFeature historic Joliet state penitentiary
hasOriginLocation Joliet, Illinois
surface form: Joliet metropolitan area
hasReasonForNickname historic state penitentiary in Joliet
prominent state penitentiary in Joliet
hasTopic penal institutions in Illinois
hasUseContext colloquial name
language English
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Illinois
refersTo Joliet, Illinois
refersToGovernmentalUnit Joliet, Illinois
surface form: city of Joliet
refersToTypeOfPlace municipality
usedBy people familiar with Joliet’s prison
residents of Illinois
usedIn local culture of Joliet
regional references to Joliet

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Joliet, Illinois hasNickname Prison City