A convicted murderer from Columbia has died, the Illinois Department of Corrections confirmed last week with the ...

QUINCY–The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is reporting an in-custody death that occurred during the transport of sentenced ...

A former McHenry man has been arrested and charged in Arkansas after the sheriff said he sexually assaulted a child and also kidnapped her while threatening her and a woman with a shotgun.

The inmate, 42-year-old David R. Johnson, is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs roughly 182 pounds. He has brown hair and brown ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has a permanent rule in place for electronic mail processing, but state lawmakers could move to restrict the agency’s authority.

Text messages appeared to show a former Lake County Community Corrections officer was in a sexual relationship with a work ...

Medicaid resources for the behavioral health conditions of jail inmates could be available up to 90 days prior to their ...

Ava Petersen says she inherited a number of wonderful traits from her father, Eric, such as his deep love for animals, fishing and spending time in nature. But one of the best things he passed down to ...

Multiple efforts have been made to restore the 20-day deadline for detainees unfit to stand trial to transferred to a state ...

County jail inmates across the region are suffering from preventable circumstances due to a lack of uniform health care ...

Rana Schmidt remembers her daughter, Elissa Lindhorst, as having a creative soul with a special place in her heart for animals. Lindhorst loved every type of art — from painting to poetry.

Caged in a cell, Jerad Traylor struggled to breathe and cried out for help, pleading that he felt like he was dying.