The victim's mother reportedly learned about it and told the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday.

Death investigations are underway after two Hinds County detainees died while being housed at the Tallahatchie Correctional ...

Correctional officer unions are backing a bill introduced earlier this month that would change how mail is processed in federal prisons.

At approximately 5:48 a.m. Friday, the East Moline Police and Fire Departments responded to a structure fire at Stop and Shop, located at 702 17th Ave., East Moline. The fire appeared to be caused by ...

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.

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

A former Hamilton County corrections officer has been sentenced after being found guilty of having sex with an inmate.

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 ...

The Missouri River Correctional Center (MRCC) has announced the opening of a new housing unit for young adults.

VANDALIA — Tara Carroll gave birth to her daughter in 2022 while serving a 22-year sentence in the Women’s Eastern Reception, ...

Kohn, sentenced last November to seven years in prison for operating a fraudulent tax shelter with his daughter and a North Carolina insurance agent, is an inmate at the Federal Correctional ...