Illinois Department of Corrections

Over 10,000 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons have tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic -- that’s one out of every three people serving…

A federal Judge says the state has been too slow in responding to the needs of inmates with hearing problems.

A few years ago, DePaul professor Dr. Christina Rivers started teaching a different kind of law and politics course.About half of the class is made up of…

Lawyers are asking a federal judge to hold the state of Illinois in contempt over the way it deals with mental illness in prisons.

Illinois lawmakers plan to ask state prison officials why more than 200 books were removed from a college in prison program’s library at the Danville...

An event aimed at helping former inmates reintegrate has drawn hundreds of people in Springfield.Several state agencies hosted an expo earlier this week…

Last week, Illinois Newsroom reported on the removal of more than 200 books from the shelves of a college in prison program’s library inside the...

When she found out that staff at the Danville Correctional Center had removed more than 200 books from a library inside the prison’s education wing,…

News Analysis — The Illinois Department of Corrections did not fare well in a recent state audit. Among the findings was that the agency could not...

Governor J.B. Pritzker has nominated an Ohio prison official to lead the Illinois Department of Corrections.It’s one of the toughest jobs in state…