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 ...

A second Joliet man, Ryan Gooch, 19, has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month on Youngs Avenue. JOLIET, Ill ...

Ryan Gooch, age 19, was taken into custody by members of the US Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force at a house in Joliet ...

A bill in the Illinois statehouse aims to change the state’s approach of juvenile incarceration, arguing the system needs to ...

CenterPoint Properties signed a long-term lease with RJW Logistics Group, a Romeoville, Illinois-based 3PL, for its state-of-the-art 976,954-square-foot distribution center at 2903 Schweitzer Road in ...

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.

Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...

There are plenty of Penny's Place locations all across Illinois, with the highest density in and around Chicago. Joliet has a Penny's Place that is located at 2419 W Jefferson Street. It is around 10 ...

and specifically Army corrections facilities, we don’t have enough active-duty 31-Echoes (corrections specialists) to perform the jobs that we are required to do,” he said, noting that ...