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 ...

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Corrections has switched gears saying it now wants to close Pontiac Correctional Center instead of Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, a move ...

Though originally convicted then sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murders, Speck was resentenced to eight ...

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The famous exteriors are actually of the Frist Campus Center on the campus of Princeton University ... you'll probably see ...

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

Three of four men who escaped from a minimum-security facility in Columbus, Ohio, have been apprehended. The escape occurred on May 22, and the men face felony escape charges. One escapee, 45-year ...

As Illinois prisons face continued risk of substance exposure and staff assaults, State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, is once again calling for change in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The Montgomery County Correctional Facility amended its policies earlier this week to necessitate judicial warrants when collaborating with federal immigration authorities.