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

The rebuild would happen as part of a $900 million plan by Pritzker's administration that would also include the building of a new Stateville prison. The deteriorating Central Illinois facility ...

The rebuild would happen as part of a $900 million plan by Pritzker's administration that would also include the building of a new Stateville prison. The deteriorating Central Illinois facility ...

Erin Hooley / AP Share Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison was closed last summer, 278 were convicted of murder, and 100 more are serving ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are ...

A new lawsuit alleges the Illinois Department of Corrections violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by leaving almost two dozen men with disabilities behind when it shut down Stateville ...

Willette Benford, 60, spent almost half her life in prison. Now, she's a senior advisor to the first lady of Illinois ... the prison system -- the Grace House run by the nonprofit Saint ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving time for other violent offenses.

An Indiana House committee has approved House Bill 1008, sponsored by Speaker Todd Huston, to establish an Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission, which would be tasked with researching ...