(The Center Square) – A new law requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to publish annual data on contraband, substance abuse treatment, overdoses and medical emergencies inside state prisons.

The Mud Theatre Project and Prisoncast! teamed up to produce an audio version of an award-winning play. Then we broadcast it ...

(Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison ...

Regina Russell’s son, Tamon Russell, has been incarcerated in Illinois for over 20 years. Since he first went to prison, handwritten letters have been one of the few consistent ways the family has ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New questions were being raised Tuesday night about how many inmates have actually been released from state prisons because of the COVID-19 crisis, and whether there are dangerous ...

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzer is refusing to say if he would support a bill that would require transparency around prison deaths after a WBEZ investigation found prison staff ignored warning signs and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A legislative oversight panel formally objected Tuesday to a new administrative rule that temporarily allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail from ...

ILLINOIS, USA — The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison. Under ...