Visitors say they’ve seen unexplained movement on the prison grounds. But do ghost stories detract from the specter of a ...

at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. Richard Speck, center, is brought to the Joliet prison Diagnostic Center for processing after being given the death sentence at his trial ...

JOLIET, Ill. — A man who works for the Illinois Department of Corrections ... and took him into custody at Stateville Correctional Center, where he is employed, on Oct. 11.

Detectives learned that the messaging on social media took place over a span of several months and that Arndt was an Illinois ... Correctional Center in Crest Hill. He was driven to the Joliet ...

Today, the Tribune Editorial Board turns its attention to Springfield with our endorsements for the Illinois Senate ... against Stateville Correctional Center’s yearslong planned closure ...

“Trooper Frank, in his service to Illinois State Police, and in the example he has set during his recovery, has set a high standard of bravery and made our state a better and safer place ...

The United Nations has declared that chair restraints are torture. But Illinois jails use them routinely, according to this ...