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

Illinois could soon require the Department of Corrections to report data on hospice care available for prisoners.

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 ...

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing ...

Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke leaves prison for community confinement after 9 months Though Burke is out of prison, he’s still within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons. When that ends ...

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who went to prison after being convicted on bribery and racketeering charges, has been released from federal custody Tuesday, his lawyers confirmed.

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has been released from federal prison. His wife said he will stay at a Chicago halfway house.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Project Prison Reset Task Force agreed on not spending more than $650 million for a new 1,500 bed men’s prison in Sioux Falls at its Tuesday meeting. Howe… ...

Former Chicago alderman Ed Burke is expected to be released from prison Tuesday after being convicted of corruption for using his position to benefit his law firm.

A Hanna City man was sentenced to 26 years in prison on aggravated DUI in a January 2023 crash that killed an Edwards woman and left her preteen son with serious injuries.