SHERIDAN, Ill. (AP) -- The Sheridan Correctional Center reopened Friday to help state inmates with drug problems and battle a climbing recidivism rate. The prison's first 50 residents arrived Friday ...

SPRINGFIELD — One of the more contentious episodes in the history of Illinois penitentiaries ended Friday as the last inmates held at the “supermax’’ prison in Tamms moved out and Gov. Pat Quinn’s ...

This episode contains discussions of sexual assault and violence. What did we learn from Northwestern’s yearly security update? Who were the protesters on the I-94 overpass? What’s the story behind ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A proposal was aired to halt, or at least slow, construction of a new women's prison in Kankakee County. Construction began on the prison in Pembroke Township, one of the nation's most ...

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

Illinois Department of Corrections employees were allowed to work overtime on the same days they were on paid leave, raising concerns by the state’s chief auditor that prison employees were abusing ...

Francisco Benitez, who spent over three decades in prison for killing two 14-year-old boys in 1989, would receive $18.5 ...

The video above is a report about the VBSO New Beginning Program. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Beach Correctional Center’s Inmate Kitchen has completed a $480,000 renovation, enhancing ...

A budget buffer: Pritzker directed state agencies to carve out 4 percent from their operating budgets and stash the savings ...

A Sheridan woman facing aggravated assault and battery and unlawful entry charges was sentenced to prison Thursday in 4th Judicial District Court.

The Illinois Department of Corrections is under scrutiny after a state audit found some employees are abusing overtime. A report from the Illinois Auditor General found some employees used paid time ...

A few weeks ago, about 50 real estate developers, union leaders, elected officials and tech-company representatives gathered at a union hall on the South Side to discuss the four-letter word in the ...