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KENOSHA, Wis. (WFRV) – A 38-year-old inmate from Illinois was pronounced dead at the Kenosha County Jail Pretrial Facility early Sunday. The inmate was found unresponsive in his cell around 1:45 a.m.

In Reality Check stories, BND journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Michelle L. Laux was 31 when she was found ...

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BLOOMINGTON — At the Livingston County Jail recently, correctional staff found the tools needed for the job had expanded to include crayons and children's books. An inmate detained there was operating ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — On Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation that makes it easier for Illinois inmates to get state IDs again after being released from prison. The amendment to the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Two guards and a chaplain were injured Tuesday in an Illinois prison attack that union officials said involved up to 15 inmates, the latest in a series of violent incidents at ...

Nineteen inmates filed a class-action lawsuit claiming Illinois prisons punish instead of treat mental illness. Advocates say court-ordered reforms from a previous case were abandoned in 2022. The ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of an Illinois inmate whose lawyers argued his rights were violated when he was kept in solitary confinement for some three years and denied ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving time ...