Slick Willie” Sutton climbed over the castle-like walls of the old Holmesburg prison, marking his first successful escape ...

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 ...

Joliet man, Ryan Gooch, 19, has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month on Youngs Avenue. Gooch faces charges ...

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 ...

Now, almost three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release Robert Johnson later this month.

James Davis Jr. reportedly tied to smuggle the contraband into the Larry Gist State Jail using a food container.

The Will County Center for Correctional Concerns provides free GED tests for detainees at the jail, but needs donations.

A Joliet man who has tattoos that say "Killinois" and "Angel Of Death" has been serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a 25-year-old man.

DEL NORTE, Calif. — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating an attempted murder of an officer at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). According to a press ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KATV) — State Senator Brian King is developing a new project aimed at halting Governor Sarah Sanders' controversial prison expansion project in Franklin County ...

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prison nursery to incarcerated mothers. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia has launched a new program and ...