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 ...

Richard Speck was an American mass murderer who became infamous for killing eight student nurses in Chicago. He broke into ...

CHICAGO - A mother is left trying to figure out how her son died and still has no answers. The 23-year-old was in custody at Stateville Correctional Facility when he died, but how it happened is still ...

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 ...

The Ed Gein Story' has reignited viewers' interest in the real-life 'Birdman' and its ties to the original 'Birdman of Alcatraz'. Here's a detailed fiction vs reality check.

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 ...