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The Illinois Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $450,000 to a man who says prison officials punished and humiliated him after he reported his…
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An Illinois prison spokeswoman says an assault on six workers by five inmates at the maximum-security Pontiac Correctional Center appears to have resulted…
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A new measure would force people to get state IDs when they’re released from the Illinois Department of Corrections.It took Deangelo Hampton two months to…
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A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit brought by deaf inmates alleging the Illinois Department of Corrections violates their civil…
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The State of Illinois is suing a former prisoner for more than $100,000 to cover the cost of her own incarceration. In a lawsuit filed last week, the…
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Illinois’s prison watchdog, the John Howard Association, says the new leader of state prisons needs to increase transparency.But prison reformers who…
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John Baldwin is the new head of Illinois prisons.Baldwin spent eight years as the head of the Iowa Department of Corrections before retiring in…
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A federal lawsuit alleges that the Illinois Department of Corrections use of solitary confinement is “cruel, inhumane and offensive to basic human…
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Criminal justice advocates say Illinois’s next prison chief needs to be dedicated to reducing the inmate population.The Illinois Department of Corrections…
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Illinois Department of Corrections officials say they still do not know when they will have enough beds to care for prisoners with mental illnesses.The…