Terrance Craig, 42, of Ford Heights, was found guilty of two counts of arson following a two-day trial. He faces between four ...

It was a painting of hands reaching out from behind a prison barred window, a cigarette dangling from the fingers, with ...

INDEPENDENCE --- An Illinois man has been sentenced to prison for traveling to Independence to meet a teen for sex in 2023.

A Rockford, Illinois man will spend up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty in a sexual abuse case in Buchanan County ...

Seth Perlman/AP file photo Share Our state corrections department relegates ... Solitary confinement in Illinois must come out of the shadows. The Illinois House has already passed a bill (HB ...

John Howard Association Executive Director Jennifer Vollen-Katz is calling for major changes within the criminal justice ...

Illinois should join these states in recognizing that education is a powerful tool for reducing recidivism. Research from the Yale Policy Lab shows prison education programs have a profound effect ...

Beginning Jan. 1, offenders who go through the Adult Redeploy Illinois program will now be called “justice impacted ...

Bankston had no signs of trauma or any suspicious marks, authorities said. He had previously told jail officials that he had a terminal underlying health condition, officials said.

Former Oak Park resident Heather Mack, who is serving a 26-year sentence in a West Virginia federal prison for conspiring to ...