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 ...

A Gary man faces up to eight years for a 2017 robbery and later incident where he broke a broomstick and threatened another jail inmate. David Washington, 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary and ...

The governor’s office said it also directed the PRB and Illinois Department of Corrections “to review the current rules and ...

South Carolina authorities arrested two former corrections staff members and one former inmate Friday on charges ranging from sexual misconduct to conspiracy. Antoinette Briana Crawley ...

(KNOX) – An inmate at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center is accused of distributing fentanyl while in jail. According to the Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force they responded to the jail in ...

Geese sleep on the grounds outside of Taylorville Correctional Center in Christian County, Illinois Credit: Jason Matthews/Flickr via CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 This spring, the Illinois House is set to take ...