Paul Terry walked out of prison more than 20 years ago after DNA evidence cleared him of a crime he was convicted of as a ...

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

December means Christmas in the doggy day room at Logan Correctional Center, Illinois’ largest state prison for women. On a recent visit, there were dogs dressed in holiday sweaters or reindeer ...

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A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

It is not often that you get to attend a Christmas party for dogs inside of a prison. But the producers of WBEZ’s “Prisoncast!” bring you the sounds of just such a celebration on this year’s holiday ...

LAKE FOREST, IL – An Illinois physician, Dr. Krishnaswami Sriram of Lake Forest, has been sentenced to 34 months in prison after being convicted of health care fraud and for concealing assets and ...

Four Illinois sheriff’s offices defied the state’s sanctuary laws and transferred individuals into Department of Homeland ...

Under long-time federal law marijuana had been in the same class as heroin and LSD, but thanks to a decision by President Donald Trump, it will be grouped with drugs like Tylenol and steroids.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A man who stabbed his inmate to death while at an Illinois prison has been given his sentence. In November 2020, Houston Clyde, then 23, stabbed his cellmate to death while the pair ...

A semi-pro baseball team in Illinois is going to jail — literally. The Joliet Slammers, a member of the MLB-partnered Frontier League, announced late last week that they will take the field at the ...