Menard Correctional Center
Menard Correctional Center, known prior to 1970 as Southern Illinois Penitentiary, is an Illinois state prison located in the town of Chester in Randolph County, Illinois.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chester and Kaskaskia.
Chester
Town
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Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. It lies 61 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri.
Kaskaskia
Village
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Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, on the west side of the Mississippi River, although the former capital of the Illinois Territory was once on the river's eastern bank. Kaskaskia is situated 4 miles west of Menard Correctional Center.
Menard Correctional Center
- Type: prison
- Description: prison in Illinois, United States
- Location: Randolph, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Menard Correctional Center” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مركز مينارد الاصلاحى”
- Japanese: “メナード矯正センター”
- Ukrainian: “Виправний центр Менард”
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