Gasser was released from Carle Foundation Hospital on Wednesday and is continuing a difficult recovery at home.

Developers promise a quantum hub will bring good paying jobs to South Chicago. But some wonder if a commercial quantum ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after ...

Illinois lawmakers in the state House have already filed more than 1,800 bills that could be acted on before the General ...

Correctional workers and Republican lawmakers have said exposure to synthetic cannabinoids in IDOC facilities has led to ...

Just over four years ago on the campaign trail, Joe Biden made a bold pledge to voters that as president he would end the federal use of private prisons – facilities where inmates have long ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

On February 5, a coalition of Illinois leaders, advocates, and community members gathered at the Illinois State Capitol ...

A Melrose, Illinois, man on mandatory supervised release from the Illinois Department of Corrections was arrested Thursday by ...

U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Department of Justice has yet to name a new director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons since the departure of Colette Peters in January.

Brandon Z. Miller, 25, presided over a crew that bought more than 100 guns, some used in a murderous South Side street war, ...

The Champaign County Jail updated the way it documents, tracks and reports use of restraint chairs after an Illinois Answers ...