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

A Rock Falls teen charged with attempted murder in connection with a Nov. 6 shooting at Sterling’s Pizza Ranch has been found fit to stand trial.

A federal superseding indictment unsealed Friday charged a fourth member of a group allegedly responsible for robbing ...

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.

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

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 ...

According to research at Southern Illinois University, correctional officers have a suicide rate twice as high as all other ...

For some Muslims serving time at Danville Correctional Center, being able to have a relatively normal Ramadan routine is a ...

Rock Island County prosecutors have filed official charges against a Moline man for his role in a shooting incident that ...

Some ended up making ends meet, while others went back to prison. Some even became stressed and frustrated ... Mesouani said the recidivism rate in Illinois is around the 40% range, and the recidivism ...

The family of an 11-year-old Chicago boy murdered last year by his mother’s ex-boyfriend the day after he was released from ...