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

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Thousands of flowers are in bloom at the Illinois State Fair. It may surprise you to learn who is behind all of the beautiful landscaping: Inmates from the Illinois Department of ...

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

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 ...

An Illinois pilot program will give prisoners 775 free call minutes monthly to strengthen family ties and rehabilitation.

Habitual criminal Vance Patton's 25 prison sentences span four decades of burglaries, highlighting Chicago's ongoing struggle ...

Despite a myriad of ongoing issues at the Illinois Department of Corrections, state senators approved the nomination of ...