State lawmakers have criticized the Illinois Department of Corrections for the lack of communication and the potentially ...

An Illinois Fraternal Order of Police lodge is demanding the removal of Illinois Department of Corrections' acting director ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has begun scanning prison inmates’ mail, but lawmakers are not happy with delays in ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Illinois prison officials said Tuesday that indeed they do have former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke in their custody. Van Dyke was convicted four years ago of the murder of ...

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The Illinois Department of Corrections resumed intake of inmates from county jails last week after a two-week pause due to a COVID-19 spike. As COVID-19 cases at Illinois correctional facilities ...

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Corrections officers and staff across Illinois protested outside some state prisons on Thursday, October 17. Officers hope their message of “safety matters” will come across during ...

Caleb Handy, an Illinois Department of Corrections sergeant and former Winchester police chief has added his name to the ...

HILLSBORO, Ill. – Authorities say two suspicious substances at the center of a high-profile investigation Wednesday in rural Illinois are nonhazardous. At least 17 staff members hospitalized from the ...

According to state police, the three men allegedly performed an act, which is forbidden by law and without legal justification, which caused bodily harm to an inmate on Feb. 3. Rodriguez, Cremer and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Willie Hedden, 43, a former sergeant at the ...