The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

Many of those workers admitted they paid kickbacks to others to fill out phony applications to get loans through the Paycheck ...

The last men incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center have been transferred out of the aging facility as of Monday, ...

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

A proposal moving in the Illinois House could help provide naloxone to people leaving jails and prisons if they were ...

State lawmakers could pass a plan this spring to create a task force on ADA requirements for correctional facilities.

Crews from several departments are working to put out a large fire at the Royal Oak charcoal plant in Ellsinore, Mo. The State Fire Marshal's Office has been called in to help investigate a late ...

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 ...

Twenty-eight-year-old Marcus Fair of Dolton, Illinois was sentenced, Wednesday, March 12, to more than 4 years in federal prison for the possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The United ...

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 ...