On this day in 1906, the County of Los Angeles officially accepted a bid from H.C. Register for the construction of the Old Newhall Jail at a cost of $2,237.

Robert Johnson was a teen when he was arrested in connection with the 1996 killing of Eddie Binion and later convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery and home invasion.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced incarceration of more than 120,000 ...

Eight years later, Jamie Snow was targeted by a detective named Charles Crowe, though there was not any hard evidence that ...

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.

JOLIET — Will County's judges continue to utilize the Illinois SAFE-T-Act to keep Joliet citizens accused of violent crimes ...

Now, almost three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release Robert Johnson later this month.

“I just kept going back and forth to prison because I didn’t know how to ... said he was 13 years old when he was abused at ...

The Will County Center for Correctional Concerns provides free GED tests for detainees at the jail, but needs donations.

Keramat Mansoorabadi was convicted of repeated sexual assault of a child and for 37 counts of possession of child pornography. A 67-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison after being ...

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 ...

MILPITAS, Calif. - A 23-year-old man who was attacked at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas and on life support, has died, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.