The state requested a longer sentence for the teen, but the Peoria court handed down a shorter sentence after hearing from ...

In 2024, Joliet police were called to TK's Deep End for a bar disturbance. When officers arrived, Patton was the only person ...

A Sun-Times investigation found the state’s new prison health care provider comes with a disturbing track record.

WREX, Ill - This week, (May 11-17) is National Correctional Officers and Employees Week. Which takes time to honor the men and women with the Illinois Department of Corrections. As well as recognizing ...

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 ...

When mail is digitized, it becomes sterile – no longer a precious handwritten card that smells like my gramma’s perfume.

State of Illinois High School Diploma or an exemption approved by the Department; have served at least 30 days of the term of imprisonment in the facility where th ...

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Corrections officers and staff across Illinois protested outside some state prisons on Thursday, October 17. Officers hope their message of “safety matters” will come across during ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Hundreds of corrections workers across the state of Illinois are waiting to see what happens next after they spent the day hosting “informational pickets” at Illinois ...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Multiple people were sentenced last week for crimes in Jackson County. The Jackson County State's Attorney provided information on 11 convicted people who were sentenced in the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Republican lawmakers are demanding the Illinois Department of Corrections act quickly to stop drugs from getting inside prisons. This comes as a growing number of prison ...

GALESBURG, Ill. (KWQC) - Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg is on lockdown as of Thursday evening. During the lockdown, ...