:This is an article about a men's penitentiary in Illinois in the United States. For the women's prison in Quebec, Canada, see Joliette Institution.Joliet Correctional Center (colloquially known as Joliet Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States from 1858 to 2002. It is featured in the motion picture The Blues Brothers as the prison from which Jake Blues is released at the beginning of the movie. It is also the location for the first season of Fox Network's Prison Break television show and the movie Let's Go to Prison. - Source: Wikipedia