The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in ...

An incident took place at the Shawnee Correctional Center recently, and a local lawmaker is speaking on the matter.

(John Patsch/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The union representing state prison workers is seeking ...

The Jackson County State's Attorney provided information on 11 convicted people who were convicted and all sentenced to time ...

A detective testified a Springfield man was in the home where a triple homicide took place hours before victim's fiancée.

Two jailers were sent to the hospital after searching a cell at the Illinois River Correctional Center on Wednesday.

The Illinois Department of Corrections has named Joshua Knapp as Employee of the Month for September, according to Danville Correctional Center Warden Felicia Adkins. Knapp was hired as a correctional ...

State officers have performed searches in a southeast Illinois prison in the last several days as part of an ongoing ...

Highland Park shooting suspect refuses to leave cell The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at the ...

An internal investigation into the parole division of the Colorado Department of Corrections is raising concerns about ...

Coles County Sheriff Kent Martin responds to reports about the use of restraint chairs in Illinois county jails and a ...

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