Illinois State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dietrich) has called for changes to the Illinois Department of Corrections’ ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has implemented a mail-scanning policy to curb drug contraband in prisons, but critics ...

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 serving time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — The state is on track to have moved all but a few inmates out of Stateville Correctional Center by a court-ordered ...

This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers and the Chicago bureau of MindSite News. Bloomington native Shayla ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Two guards and a chaplain were injured Tuesday in an Illinois prison attack that union officials said involved up to 15 inmates, the latest in a series of violent incidents at ...

Efforts to digitize mail into Illinois prisons mirror those in prison systems across the country. Credit: Rhodi Lopez / Unsplash Illinois lawmakers and prison guards are ramping up efforts to ban ...

Illinois officials have identified unused grounds at the site of the shuttered Stateville Correctional Center to build two replacement prisons. Illinois officials are moving forward with a plan to ...

Giovanni‑Quiroa has a criminal history that includes a 2011 conviction for aggravated battery with a firearm, for which he ...