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.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There may be some accountability for the family of a man who was strangled in prison ... him in a cell with who they call the Hickory Street murderer from Joliet." ...

There may be some accountability for the family of a man who was strangled in prison by an already convicted heinous murderer nearly five months ago. The Brown County State's Attorney's office has ...

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 ...

A former Joliet housing authority official and vocal supporter of former Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk was able to avoid prison ...

A Joliet man is serving life in prison after he was found guilty last year of a fatal shooting in 2020 that resulted in the death of a 25-year-old man. Since Jan. 31, Jorge Rosas, 46, has been at the ...

Prison Cell 211 is an intense Netflix series set to premiere on February 5, 2025, with all six episodes released simultaneously. Inspired by the real-life 2023 prison riot in Ciudad Juárez ...

Out of roughly 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder. Another hundred are serving time for other violent offenses. Yet ...

In Prison Cell 211, a human rights lawyer finds himself stuck behind the walls when a deadly riot erupts in the Ciudad Juárez prison where he was visiting a client. Not great! The six-episode ...

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 ...