Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons
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.
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...
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For 3 Years, Theatre Y Documented Life for a Group of Men Inside Stateville Prison. A New Film Shares Their Stories
We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...
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Bill aims to reform Illinois’ child incarceration system
A bill in the Illinois statehouse aims to change the state’s approach of juvenile incarceration, arguing the system needs to ...
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Inmates with violent records from shuttered prison are being sent to medium-security sites
Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...