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 ...

Sheridan County Emergency Management Coordinator Jesse Ludikhuize and Sheridan County Sheriff Levi Dominguez reflected on their roles and experience during the fire.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — After twice failing to pass an energy reform package this year, Illinois lawmakers and renewable energy advocates are aiming to reach a deal in time for a brief legislative session in ...

Some unique history will be made in Bloomington Saturday as unbeaten Illinois and Indiana square off in their Big Ten openers. Both the Illini and Hoosiers have gotten the season off to a strong start ...

After trying repeatedly to find a safe person to tell about her alleged sexual assault by a correctional officer, a woman who was detained at Logan Correctional Center intercepted a female staff ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cuyahoga County officials just released the latest interior and exterior design renderings for the new state-of-the-art Corrections Center. The new jail, which will replace ...

MINERAL POINT, Mo. – The Potosi Correctional Center says that one of its inmates died at the facility in Mineral Point, Missouri, on Monday. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, inmate ...