Disability rights group Equip for Equality filed a motion Thursday for a preliminary injunction to immediately transfer the ...

Laterria Smith claims the state ignored the danger posed by her ex-boyfriend, who is charged in the 2024 attack, and released ...

Illinois’ prison population continues to shrink, with facilities now having a 26% vacancy rate, leading some of those inside ...

A new lawsuit alleges the Illinois Department of Corrections violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by leaving almost two dozen men with disabilities behind when it shut down Stateville ...

Content warning: Discussions of murder, rape, and assault. Recently, we featured stories from formerly incarcerated people ...

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

When Wake County deputies arrived, they found a vehicle on the side of the road and the driver inside, who was injured. Deputies say the person was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and ...

If convicted of first-degree murder, he could be sentenced to life in prison without parole. The trial is expected to be a particularly emotional one: Lake County prosecutors have said they intend ...

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 ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the government would conduct a “compliance review” on a $3.1 billion grant, potentially threatening the viability of the troubled, controversial high-speed ...

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