We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...

Authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of Jerry Hudgens, 43, after he was convicted in absentia for being an armed habitual criminal and sentenced to spend 16 ...

ST. CLAIR COUNTY Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a Metro-East man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

A Barton man who was charged last week with assaulting Sayre police officers attempted to escape from prison and take his own life on Saturday after being arrested the previous ...

Dozens of businesses in north Georgia were recently busted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Commercial Gambling Unit.

There is a dire warning from federal prosecutors in the case of an Illinois man convicted of violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. There is "risk of another attack," which is a direct quote ...

Given the victim’s request, the court sentenced Drummond to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. He must serve 85% of his sentence.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D ... “These people have already served years in prison, and they’ve served them viciously. It’s a disgusting prison. It’s horrible. It’s been inhumane ...

They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and thrown in prison for months. Many then endured severe beatings, food deprivation and other forms of torture.