It’s not unusual for Illinois to send high-profile prisoners away to serve their time elsewhere. Colorado prison officials ...

William S. Rather was facing felony sex charges against a minor as well as other crimes stemming from incidents in 2024. Rather was given a 14-year term by Judge D.J. Davis during a lengthy sentencing ...

A former Indiana death row inmate convicted of killing three people ... About an hour after this story initially published, IDOC Chief Communication Officer Annie Goeller told the Courier ...

16, 2017. In the days after the attack, IDOC confirmed that the incident occurred, the officer was treated and released, and the inmate was moved to another facility while the attack was investigated.

Monday could have brought a public discussion of controversial deal. But Miami-Dade commissioners didn’t show.

Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center ...

Sherm Johnson, IDOC executive director for offender employment development, said he's found that growing companies "are willing to hire those that have the required skills — including released ...

According to the IDOC, the two cases are not related. The official misconduct charges alleges that the correctional officers violated Illinois administrative rules on socializing with inmates ...

Eerik Dontez Lay, 40, of Marietta, is accused of taking a caster wheel off of a mop bucket, placing it inside a sock and ...

connecting crucial dots in the search," the police department said. Also in recent days, 30-year-old Casey Smith was arrested for allegedly helping two of the escaped inmates with transportation ...

A search is underway in New Orleans after 10 inmates escaped from jail by breaking through a faulty cell door and crawling out through a hole behind a toilet. The escape went unnoticed for over ...