Despite some attempts to create controlled environments aimed at thwarting disruptions by protesters, congressional ...

The lawsuit, filed with the help of the Uptown People’s Law Center, claims the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) relies on isolation, violence and discipline in place of actual mental health ...

Uptown People’s Law Center and Equip for Equality filed a class action lawsuit against IDOC Director Latoya Hughes on behalf of the nearly 13,000 people with mental illness in the state’s prisons — ...

A man has been convicted of stabbing to death a transgender actor and model in ...

CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss the market's reaction to new comments on Donald ...

Ten prison guards were charged in connection with the fatal beating of a ...

Three appellate judges denied a request for further forensic testing in the 1991 homicide case of Jamie Snow, who was convicted of killing William Little and is now appealing the denial of his ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed the death warrant for Glen Rogers, a man who was convicted of murdering a woman ...

Authorities are looking for three people wanted out of Franklin County for various charges, which includes retail theft, ...

Q: Has anyone ever run for president while in prison? — L. M. Frank | Los Angeles Eugene V. Debs was in an Atlanta penitentiary, serving a ten-year sentence, when he lost the 1920 presidential ...

Annie Flanagan “These are the days you wish for in prison,” Jackson says—days when he can have people over to his house for a brother's birthday or find peace in his backyard. Annie Flanagan ...

Illinois Senate Democrats passed a plan last week to raise the minimum detainment age for minors from 10 to 12 years old.