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People in Illinois prisons are required to take a civics course before their release to learn their voting rights. “I think, generally across the population, there's a lot of misinformation. A lot of guys just didn't know.” The program is peer-led by incarcerated people. Learn more about the program.

A proposal by reform advocates would cut the number of women locked up in Illinois prisons by as much as half. Nearly 2,300 women are now serving time in…

Advocates across Illinois are calling on the state to change the way it handles young people who’ve committed serious crimes. They want to end the use of…

The Illinois Senate this week takes up a measure placing a nickel-a-minute cap on the rates charged to prison inmates for phone calls. State…

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…

The number of Illinois inmates released on parole has increased as lawmakers look to reduce the prison population.But funding to help parolees stay out of…

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich reported into a Colorado prison one year ago this month to start his 14-year sentence. He began serving out that…

An Illinois judge is citing "safety concerns" in his order keeping Governor Pat Quinn from moving forward with plans to close two Illinois prisons.Circuit…

Governor Pat Quinn's administration has agreed to stop moving inmates out of prisons Quinn plans to close for now. AFSCME -- the American Federation of…

The state’s most dangerous prisoners may soon be leaving their current cellblocks. It’s part of Gov. Pat Quinn‘s plan to close certain state…