When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

A 20-year-old Racine man pleaded no contest to a battery charge about seven months after he and another inmate allegedly attacked two other prisoners in the Racine County Jail.

A Country Club Hills man is behind bars after sheriff’s deputies searched his home and reportedly uncovered a stash of illegal firearms, drugs, and nearly $900 in cash.

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

A former Hamilton County corrections officer will spend 9 months in prison after he was convicted of sexual battery against a female inmate.