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.

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

Jose Estevez-Luciano said he understood that he violated the oath he took when he became a corrections officer and was sorry ...

Each year, about 2,475 prisoners return to Milwaukee County. This raises a critical question: Who do we want these ...