Illinois Department of Corrections

Union members say there have been more than 30 assaults on staff at Hill Correctional Center so far this year, and drug use inside the prison is skyrocketing.

A group of transgender women has asked for an independent monitor of the Illinois Department of Corrections because the agency has not improved those...

The FBI and Illinois State Police on Thursday arrested three men who work as correctional officers at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt.…

It was mid-Tuesday morning and Warden Nick Ludwick was still singing the praises of everyone involved in Saturday's transfer of 507 maximum security…

A federal lawsuit alleges that the Illinois Department of Corrections use of solitary confinement is “cruel, inhumane and offensive to basic human...

Not long ago, it seemed every time a different type of crime started making the news, members of the Illinois General Assembly would rush to increase...

Illinois' auditor has found that the state's prison systems have lost 240 computers. Auditor General Bill Holland's report shows the Department of…