SPRINGFIELD – Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocates spoke out this week against a new program at the ...
Illinois prisons start a pilot program offering 775 free phone minutes monthly to inmates, aiming to strengthen family ties ...
The Illinois Department of Corrections is launching a pilot program to provide nearly 13 hours of free phone time a month to ...
In Reality Check stories, BND journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Michelle L. Laux was 31 when she was found ...
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 time ...
Dwayne Tottleben, a 33-year-old inmate from Illinois, was shot and killed at U.S. Penitentiary Coleman in Sumter County ...