Maxson, 63, was freed in 2016 after another man confessed to the grisly stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy and DNA evidence ...

KANE COUNTY, Ill. (CBS) — A judge on Thursday sentenced an Aurora man to 13 years in prison convicted of a sexual assault ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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