Idaho's only maximum security prison could soon be home to Bryan Kohberger, the man who admitted to the 2022 gruesome ...

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

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

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison on Friday.

Incarcerated students accepted their diplomas from Augustana College at a commencement inside East Moline Correctional Center.

It’s not unusual for Illinois to send high-profile prisoners away to serve their time elsewhere. Colorado prison officials say they have Hoover, but it's not clear where Crimo is serving his ...

Several correctional officers at a northwest Illinois prison were hospitalized Wednesday after a possible exposure to an unknown substance.

At least 15 corrections officers went to the hospital on Wednesday after being exposed to narcotics at FCI Thomson.

CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first lady M.K. Pritzker to help those exiting the criminal justice system.

Illinois lawmakers and prison guards are ramping up efforts to ban physical mail into state prisons, blaming synthetic-drug-sprayed paper for a rise in overdoses behind bars.