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  • Local woman recalls growing up inside Stateville, Illinois Prison

    02/08/2009 8:12:57 AM PST · by KeyLargo · 4 replies · 984+ views
    The Daily Journal ^ | February 8, 2009 | Dennis Yohnka
    Local woman recalls growing up inside Stateville 02/08/2009, 12:13 am By Dennis Yohnka The Daily Journal correspondent Kankakeean Jeanette Seaton grew up in what she now refers to as a "gated community." The rest of the world calls it Stateville Penitentiary. One of four children born to former Stateville warden Frank Pate and his wife LaVora, Seaton lived behind those foreboding walls from ages 7 to 24, from the late '40s through the mid-'60s. She is now married to local architect Scott Seaton Sr., and lives in a very cheerful Kankakee-area home. But she hasn't forgotten life behind bars. "There...