Opinion: Depriving incarcerated people of paper would limit educational opportunities and communication with loved ones.

State lawmakers could pass a plan this spring to create a task force on ADA requirements for correctional facilities.

A new proposal in Springfield could allow people who were convicted of felonies while 21 or younger to petition for a new ...

Over the wall of the old Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet one night last week clambered three long-term prisoners. They had been detailed to early morning duty in the bakery, had overpowered ...

The family of an 11-year-old Chicago boy murdered last year by his mother’s ex-boyfriend the day after he was released from ...

The fall from grace continues, it appears, for a former biotech wunderkind who was indicted by a federal grand jury for ...

Seven witnesses helped identify a man, Gregory Boyd, who they said fit the description of Walker’s killer, the suit said.