A Rockford man awaiting trial for murder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for another crime. Mario Perkins, 36, was ...

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

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

A decision has been made in the investigation of the death of an inmate lodged in the Winnebago County Jail in June 2025.

We recently urged our readers to start reading the Illinois Auditor General Reports that are publicly available at this link.  We urged the reading because the public needs ...

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

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Department of Corrections has been allowed to continue using its controversial mail scanning policy despite public backlash. This comes after the top committee ...

A routine facility check at a county jail just east of Atlanta on Monday morning suddenly turned into a manhunt after officials discovered three men, all accused of violent crimes, had escaped the ...

Officials are searching for an inmate from the Calumet House Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester who was placed on escape status Friday. The New Hampshire Department of Corrections said ...

An Indiana Department of Corrections employee is facing multiple felony charges after investigators say she smuggled drugs into a state prison using items that wouldn’t usually raise suspicion—until ...