Bite into Illinois flavor at Doc’s Smokehouse, where smoky magic and the legendary Smokehouse Burger steal the show.

Despite a myriad of ongoing issues at the Illinois Department of Corrections, state senators approved the nomination of ...

An Illinois pilot program will give prisoners 775 free call minutes monthly to strengthen family ties and rehabilitation.

As Illinois prison workers testify about the benefits of electronic mail scanning, Illinois Department of Corrections ...

Illinois prisons start a pilot program offering 775 free phone minutes monthly to inmates, aiming to strengthen family ties ...

In a preview for the season three premiere of Oxygen’s Snapped: Behind Bars, convicted killers Michael Schallert and Afton ...

The General Assembly has approved legislation that modifies the Clean Slate Act to seal certain criminal convictions. The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocates spoke out this week against a new program at the ...

From Chicago’s North Side to the river valleys down south, these twelve spots have earned their reputations plate by plate.

Joliet police responded to St. Joe's Hospital and spoke with the victim, but by the time they went to the Red Roof Inn, ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections is launching a pilot program to provide nearly 13 hours of free phone time a month to ...

Brent “Doc” Watkins makes his living in music. Specifically, jazz music that he plays on the piano. But on the phone from his ...