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

For far too long, Illinois politicians have been playing politics with people’s lives in the criminal legal system. (I do not call it the criminal justice system because there is no justice in it.).

Since 2013, the prison abolition collective has processed mail from largely LGBTQ people incarcerated in Illinois. How those materials are delivered has recently changed.

Lawmakers OK Department of Corrections' permanent rules that allow it to scan and digitize mail of those in custody.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime associate has begun serving a two-year prison sentence at a federal medical facility and minimum security camp in Lexington, Kentucky. Michael ...

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility assistance dogs.