After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

Henry McMaster to commute his death sentence to life in prison. They said Sigmon is a model prisoner ... IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT /4 AM EDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH ...

CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first ...

Danny Spyker, an Illinois correctional officer, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of having sex with two inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Thomson in December ...

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 ...

A Kane County judge has sentenced a Batavia man to prison for sexually assaulting a resident of Marklund Home in Geneva, who ...

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

CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first lady MK Pritzker to help those exiting the criminal justice system.

Frank Drew spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, according to a federal lawsuit. Screengrab from Frank Drew's Facebook page. An Illinois man says police framed him in a fatal ...

Illinois once offered some form of higher education in every prison. But in 1987, state lawmakers passed legislation barring incarcerated students from receiving state financial aid for college ...