CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first ...

Illinois once offered some form of higher education in every prison. But in 1987, state lawmakers passed legislation barring incarcerated students from receiving state financial aid for college ...

Illinois Data Shows Inmates With Violent Records From Shuttered Prison Sent to Medium-Security Sites SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois ...

Teaching Fellow Alex Negron leads a class at Sheridan Correctional Center on Feb. 11. Legislation in the Illinois statehouse could open up state financial aid to college students in prison.