The Illinois Department of Corrections is launching a pilot program to provide nearly 13 hours of free phone time a month to ...

Despite a myriad of ongoing issues at the Illinois Department of Corrections, state senators approved the nomination of ...

The General Assembly has approved legislation that modifies the Clean Slate Act to seal certain criminal convictions. The ...

Oct. 23: For the second time since being released from prison after fatally stabbing his wife in a west Belleville pub in ...

Auditor General Frank Mautino’s office reviewed payroll reports at Stateville and Dixon prisons and found employees used a full day of benefit time on the same day they reported working ...

Illinois prosecutors say a 67-year-old suburban Chicago man has agreed to a prison sentence after sexually assaulting a child ...

One of the most powerful lawmakers in Illinois' history begins his federal prison term Monday. Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who holds the title of the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S.

Lawyers for Larry Hoover are asking Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to grant him state clemency following Trump’s commutation.

Chris Allendorf, Jo Daviess County state’s attorney, has announced that a 45-year-old Mundelein, Ill., man has been sentenced ...

The retired chief’s girlfriend hid his body in a storage unit across the street from their home for nearly a year, Illinois ...