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.

However, Turner still distributed meth on three separate occasions that December prior to the beginning of his county sentence. He was indicted in February 2024 on the federal charges while being in ...

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

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 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A woman is suing several Illinois agencies for letting her former boyfriend out of prison one day before he allegedly attacked her and her son. Following the release of 37-year ...

South Carolina authorities arrested two former corrections staff members and one former inmate Friday on charges ranging from sexual misconduct to conspiracy. Antoinette Briana Crawley ...

The family of a boy slain while trying to protect his mother from a former boyfriend has sued the Illinois Prisoner Review Board for releasing the man before the killng.

Opinion: Depriving incarcerated people of paper would limit educational opportunities and communication with loved ones.

A Chicago man was sentenced to 57 years in prison on Tuesday in a 2022 shooting in Aurora, Illinois. Byron Frazier, 32, was convicted last year of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery ...

As Illinois’ prison population sits at a near 30-year low, the Illinois Department of Corrections has put out a bid to build two new 1,500-single-celled facilities. That bid is part of a $900 million ...