When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Out of roughly 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder. Another hundred are serving time for other violent offenses. Yet ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

A Joliet man who has tattoos that say "Killinois" and "Angel Of Death" has been serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a 25-year-old man.

Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session ... of crimes to serve their sentences in “community-based settings” rather than in prison. Mayfield said her proposal would “create a ...

He said he spent three of those years in the recently closed Stateville Correctional Center, just an hour-long drive from Evanston. About 15 years later, after stints in professional boxing and ...

A southern Illinois Republican lawmaker is urging Illinois prison employees to secretly send her information on undocumented immigrants who are behind bars so she can pass the information on to ...

The Brown County State's Attorney's office has filed a first-degree murder charge against Joshua Miner, 36, alleging he strangled his Western Illinois Correctional Center cellmate, 44-year-old ...

SPRINGFIELD — A downstate Republican lawmaker is urging Illinois prison employees to secretly send her information on undocumented immigrants who are behind bars so she can pass the information ...