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Illinois lawmakers want to divert more people convicted of crimes from prison to boot camp.
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A new report suggests a third of the deaths in Illinois prisons are preventable.
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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…
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Illinois prison officials are being accused of letting a transgender inmate be harassed and assaulted. Strawberry Hampton is 27 years old, and her lawyers…
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DeVonte Jones began to show signs of schizophrenia as a teenager. His first public episode was nine years ago at a ball game at Wavering Park in Quincy,...
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A federal judge has ruled the Illinois prison system is still providing inadequate mental healthcare to inmates and that the treatment qualifies as cruel…
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Every Sunday, a group of women meets in the basement of a church in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood to sort and package boxes of books. The boxes are...
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The Illinois Department of Corrections says a major cash crunch has it struggling to keep its facilities running.The warning came Wednesday at a Senate…
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The labor union representing Illinois prison workers and the Illinois Department of Corrections agree that assaults on staff have increased in recent…
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The Illinois Department of Corrections is launching its first “Life Skills Reentry Center” in Kewanee.It aims to teach a variety of skills to prisoners…