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

While no sentence can undo the harm caused, today’s outcome ensures that the defendant will be held accountable for his ...

How tiny Oregon, Illinois, has spent decades grappling with one strange congregation, from abuse allegations to a leader who ...

A 2024 law gives people in prison time off their sentences for work and education. But an internal report shows the prison ...

Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the country’s 14-year civil war gathered in the city of Daraa on Sunday to urge ...

The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy is a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education ...

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

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

Illinois judges are required to consider a person's youth during sentencing, yet many people are serving life sentences ...

Byron Frazier, 32, was convicted last year of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, armed violence, and armed ...

A man who robbed a liquor store in Danville and stabbed an employee who tried to fight back has been sentenced to more than a ...

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