For shooting a man and leaving him to die, a Peoria man was sentenced to 60 years behind bars on Friday. Breon L. Jones, 32, ...

A history of a "school for wayward girls" reveals issues with youth justice and juvenile detention centers in Illinois.

Incarcerated students inside Sheridan Correctional Center share their thoughts about higher education, rehabilitation and ...

Far too many people fail to reenter society after prison because they lack a safe place to sleep and an address to put on an ...

WBEZ Chicago and public radio stations throughout Illinois are teaming up once again to produce a special radio broadcast for ...

A girl was sexually abused for about a decade by her stepfather, Illinois prosecutors said. More than seventeen years after the alleged abuse ended, a convicted child sex offender has been sentenced ...

Many of the workers admitted they paid kickbacks to others to fill out phony applications to get loans through the Paycheck ...