Katz, the executive director of the independent prison monitor the John Howard Association, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the state of Illinois changing its prison health care provider.

The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own ...

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David Wilson's art exhibit, titled "Alive and Exhibiting," will be featured on the second floor of the Bloomington Public ...

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A temporary exhibit at the Joliet Area Historical Museum uses photographs and artifacts from former prisoners, guards and wardens to show the history of the Joliet Correctional Center on Collins ...

Along Route 66 is a fantastically affordable Chicago suburb home to great shopping, beautiful scenic walks, museums, and ...

Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center on the to Joliet-area campus.

Illinois Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin will join other state officials at the Joliet Treatment Center to unveil plans for a $150 million facility — the first of its kind in ...

Andrew Ortega was found dead in a Western Illinois Correctional Center cell with Joshua Miner, a man convicted in connection with two Joliet murders.

Who, or what, haunts Old Joliet Prison? Visitors say they’ve seen unexplained movement on the prison grounds. But do ghost stories detract from the specter of a truly dark history?

The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Chicago in preparation for replacing the century-old lockup.