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A federal Judge says the state has been too slow in responding to the needs of inmates with hearing problems.
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As the northern Illinois community of Aurora marks the one year anniversary of a deadly workplace shooting at the Henry Pratt Company, we find out how...
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Illinois prison officials are being accused of letting a transgender inmate be harassed and assaulted. Strawberry Hampton is 27 years old, and her lawyers…
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A federal judge has ruled the Illinois prison system is still providing inadequate mental healthcare to inmates and that the treatment qualifies as cruel…
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The Illinois Department of Corrections says a major cash crunch has it struggling to keep its facilities running.The warning came Wednesday at a Senate…
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The measure Rauner signed Tuesday at Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln creates a women's division in the Illinois Department of Corrections with…
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The labor union representing Illinois prison workers and the Illinois Department of Corrections agree that assaults on staff have increased in recent…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has rescinded his notice to lay off 124 unionized nurses at the Illinois Department of Corrections and move the jobs to a private…
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The Illinois Department of Corrections says the state’s prison population dropped by 9 percent this past year.That’s a good start toward Governor Bruce…
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Most of the Illinois Department of Corrections workers have completed mental-illness training as part of a settlement over how prisons treat inmates with…