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

Laterria Smith contends she was failed by several levels of law enforcement, beginning with the prison release of her ...

That bid is part of a $900 million plan to close Stateville and Logan ... 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 ...

How do I know? For the last 23 years, until its closure in September, I was in Stateville Correctional Center. “Strips” had permeated the prison. Many guys smoked these drugs; you could ...

The family of an 11-year-old boy fatally stabbed by the ex-boyfriend of the child’s mother has sued the Illinois Prisoner ...

David Carrillo, professor and former inmate, shares his story of success in the Legislation Inside program, which empowers ...

The pandemic bared the cruelty of prison in new ways. It was a lost opportunity to move away from mass incarceration.

Attorney Elmer Gertz, left, talks to reporters as Nathan Leopold, center, leaves Stateville Prison in 1958. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) 1958: Nathan Leopold, who was convicted with Richard ...

SPRING LAKE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Subway employee was shot by a customer during an apparent altercation inside the business, Spring Lake Police said. Officers responded about 5 p.m. Wednesday to the ...

The rebuild would happen as part of a $900 million plan by Pritzker's administration that would also include the building of a new Stateville prison. The deteriorating Central Illinois facility ...