Editing Joliet, Illinois (section)

==In popular culture==
The 2019 American drama ''[[Working Man (film)|Working Man]]'', was shot in Joliet.

In the 2024 action comedy novel ''Carl and the Big Guy,'' title characters Carl McIntyre and Devin "Dee" "The Big Guy" Shields both reside in Joliet. In the novel - as part of their shadow courier service "The Six-Four-Five Couriers" - they are being pursued in their modified 1986 [[Ford F-Series|Ford F-150]] named "Lucky Black" by a [[Private military company|private military]] company that wants their cargo. After a chase through a nearby oil refinery, Dee and Carl are then chased through Joliet, causing massive damage in the process.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shannon |first=Dan |title=Carl and the Big Guy |date=November 26, 2024 |isbn=9798338929025 |edition=1st |location=United States of America |pages=179–208 |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1980 [[John Landis]] film ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'', [[John Belushi]]'s [[Jake Blues]] is nicknamed "Joliet Jake" as he was imprisoned at the now closed [[Joliet Correctional Center]].<ref name="Moreno2011">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpOyfSkg628C&pg=PA91|title=Illinois Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff |last=Moreno|first=Richard|date=February 8, 2011|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-7497-5|location=Guilford, Conn.|page=91|access-date=October 27, 2018}}</ref> The Joliet Prison has been a site for many other films and television shows, such as the film ''[[Let's Go to Prison]]'', and the opening season of Fox's ''[[Prison Break]]'' was filmed predominately at the Joliet Prison, at which time part of the prison was still in use.<ref name="Hinckley2014">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7GpBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |title=Illustrated Route 66 Historical Atlas|last=Hinckley|first=Jim|date=October 10, 2014|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-62788-496-9|location=Minneapolis |page=40}}</ref>