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

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

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

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

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

The lucrative practice of mass incarceration is being exposed by a tangled court battle for control of the prison-tech empire ...

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

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 ...

The 5-year-old child told police "Sam killed Ieisha" and she saw him with a black gun. She said "Sam" was her father and ...

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