Sam Eiesland, Tom's son, serves on the board of Neighbors Opposed to Prison Expansion, or NOPE, a group of Lincoln County ...

Hollywood liberal George Clooney promoted his new play on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night, saying it ...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with murder in a deadly New Year’s Day stabbing in Little Village. Freddy Diaz, 44, ...

My understanding of life in prison comes purely from the big screen — movies like The Shawshank Redemption or the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. I am very thankful that this is the ...

A Joliet man is serving life in prison after he was found guilty last year of a fatal shooting in 2020 that resulted in the death of a 25-year-old man. Since Jan. 31, Jorge Rosas, 46, has been at the ...

Tour Guide Nick Gilette discusses some of the features of Eastern State Penitentiary and how it was different than other prisons at the time.

Inmates at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham were given the opportunity in the fall of 2024 to learn alongside seniors at Horace Mann School, an elite private school in New York City.

JARRATT, Va. — Three correctional officers have been arrested in connection with two separate incidents of reported violence at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. The Virginia ...

Officers in Joliet recovered a handgun modified to fire automatically, as well as a second handgun and rifle in the investigation of several teens in masks possibly armed on the city’s east side. Two ...

A new chapter for the property and surrounding community that includes the removal of the prison buildings and associated past memories of mass incarceration at the site. * Reconnecting the ...

I spent more hours than I can count meeting with teenage clients in the dingy visiting room at the Oak Hill Youth Center, Washington’s youth prison. Infested with rats, roaches and even snakes ...