When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.

An inmate at the Henry County Adult Detention Center has filed suit against the jail, Sheriff Wayne Davis, and three deputies for being kept isolated in solitary confinement for nearly 16 months.

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

How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...

Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.

Generally, parole officers are not required to have a warrant to search a parolee as they are technically still under ...

When criminals are released from prison, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is tasked with keeping a close eye on ...

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons ...

Law enforcement officials are investigating after an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail was allegedly caught with legal ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of a lower court’s ruling, saying the sex offender failed to ...