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 Danville man was sentenced to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, a Class X felony, on May ...

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.

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 ...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the Adult Detention Center has been backed up over the last year or so with inmates sentenced to the IDOC, but during that time, the IDOC stopped sending ...

During Richard Matt and David Sweat's time in prison, the inmates were on a high-priority list for their potential to escape. That's according to retired corrections officer Jeff Dumas, who retired ...

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 ...

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

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 ...