A deputy director for Iowa's state correctional department will oversee South Dakota's prison system come November.

A Disney Channel fan favorite looks completely different in his new role portraying mass murderer Richard Speck in Netflix's ...

In 1980, Cook County Judge Louis Garippo brought the jury in Gacy’s murder trial to the Windy City from the Forest City.

Tobias Jelinek exclusively tells EW how he prepared for the part — including being "cat-called" as he sashayed through prison ...

Rex Heuermann (Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer) and Jeffrey Dahmer (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)have all ...

On March 13, 1980, Gacy was convicted of murdering 33 people and sentenced to die for 12 of those killings. According to ...

Gacy resided at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois for 14 years on death row, until all of his appeals were denied. On May 9, 1994, Gacy was then transferred to Stateville Correctional Center in ...

An Illinois Fraternal Order of Police lodge is demanding the removal of Illinois Department of Corrections' acting director ...

State lawmakers have criticized the Illinois Department of Corrections for the lack of communication and the potentially ...

Illinois lawmakers are criticizing the state’s Department of Corrections over a recent change to how mail is being processed ...

Broadview, Illinois (CNN) — Multiple law enforcement agencies are seemingly in a standoff with dozens of protesters Friday outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago where ...

Statesville police seized a handgun, wigs, masks and batons from a car following a chase in the West Front Street area on Oct. 10.