CHICAGO — A state legislative oversight committee Friday permitted the Illinois Department of Corrections to formally adopt ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinois Department of Corrections employees were allowed to work overtime on the same days they were on paid leave, raising ...

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 ...

(The Center Square) – As Illinois prison workers testify about the benefits of electronic mail scanning, Illinois Department of Corrections officials say they are pushing to keep the practice from ...

Illinois lawmakers and reform advocates are calling for stronger oversight of the state’s new prison health care provider following a Chicago Sun-Times report. On Dec. 10, the Sun-Times published a ...

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 has scanned mail for prisoners since Sept. 29, but the agency continues to have issues with the technology and transparency for ...

Tomorrow, many of you will be preparing a turkey, but you may not know the holiday staple has a storied history in the Sunflower State. KSN's Raj Ghanekar spoke with a farmer who has a unique ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections is under scrutiny after a state audit found some employees are abusing overtime. A report from the Illinois Auditor General found some employees used paid time ...