Book bans have infamously shown that words have power. We may take for granted the innumerable words we consume daily, but ...

Incarcerated students inside Sheridan Correctional Center share their thoughts about higher education, rehabilitation and ...

For some Muslims serving time at Danville Correctional Center, being able to have a relatively normal Ramadan routine is a ...

For shooting a man and leaving him to die, a Peoria man was sentenced to 60 years behind bars on Friday. Breon L. Jones, 32, ...

A history of a "school for wayward girls" reveals issues with youth justice and juvenile detention centers in Illinois.

Illinois has become the first state in the nation to ensure that public schools, hospitals and other state-run institutions ...

"Excessive drinking" includes binge drinking, heavy drinking, drinking while pregnant, and underage drinking, according to ...

"Excessive drinking" includes binge drinking, heavy drinking, drinking while pregnant, and underage drinking, according to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving ...

A British couple, who were arrested by the Taliban on charges that they had fake Afghan passports, has been separated and moved to a high-security prison, their daughter has claimed. The couple ...

On Sunday, the Salvadoran government released images of the men being marched into a notorious mega-prison in handcuffs ... Dick Durbin of Illinois, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Catherine Cortez ...