as response to harmful chemicals coming into prisons through the mail. Facilities like FCI Thomson experienced incidents where staff were sent to the hospital after handling mail. Mail can now be ...
Illinois lawmakers are criticizing the state’s Department of Corrections over a recent change to how mail is being processed ...
State lawmakers have criticized the Illinois Department of Corrections for the lack of communication and the potentially ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- New questions were being raised Tuesday night about how many inmates have actually been released from state prisons because of the COVID-19 crisis, and whether there are dangerous ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' most-hardened criminals are no match for COVID-19 as the virus is infecting inmates in several state prisons at a startling pace. At one state prison on Monday more than 40% ...
CARTERVILLE, Ill (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections began electronically scanning all inmate mail on August 14, aiming to reduce drugs and contraband in prisons. State Sen. Terri Bryant ...