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 ...

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

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

Willette Benford, 60, spent almost half her life in prison. Now, she's a senior advisor to the first lady of Illinois, M.K. Pritzker. Together, they're focused on addressing barriers women face in ...

Illinois has become the first state in the nation to ensure that public schools, hospitals and other state-run institutions ...

The proposed task force would study the number of people in Illinois prisons who have sight, hearing and mobility issues in order to create the best accommodations for them. Task force members ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A proposal moving in the Illinois House could help provide naloxone to people leaving jails and prisons if they were incarcerated for drug-related charges or have a ...

An Illinois man may avoid prison for hitting a car and shooting at the fleeing driver in November 2019. Ralph Bevineau, 30, of Joliet, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery, a Level 5 felony ...

an Illinois man drove more than 300 miles to a Saginaw County home to kill his ex-girlfriend. His actions have resulted in him being sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a Michigan prison.

Following the release of 37-year-old Crosetti Brand, Laterria Smith says he went to her apartment and attacked her and her 11 ...

The federal corrections officer was accused of having sex with, providing contraband to an inmate at the federal prison in Milan, Mich. The plea agreement indicates the corrections officer brought ...