Illinois prisons start a pilot program offering 775 free phone minutes monthly to inmates, aiming to strengthen family ties ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' most-hardened criminals are no match for COVID-19 as the virus is infecting inmates in several state prisons at a startling pace. At one state prison on Monday more than 40% ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections began electronically scanning all inmate mail on August 14, aiming to reduce drugs and contraband in prisons. State Sen. Terri Bryant ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocates spoke out this week against a new program at the ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison. Under the rule that went ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Department of Corrections was grilled by the top committee of state lawmakers Tuesday over an emergency rule that allowed the agency to temporarily scan ...

As Illinois prison workers testify about the benefits of electronic mail scanning, Illinois Department of Corrections ...