Michael Mallett, 27, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm by ...

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.

Lawmakers should quickly pass a bill to require accurate data collection and transparency on solitary confinement.

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 ...

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.

Inmate Juan Randolfo Parrado was found unresponsive Thursday evening, and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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