WREX, Ill - This week, (May 11-17) is National Correctional Officers and Employees Week. Which takes time to honor the men and women with the Illinois Department of Corrections. As well as recognizing ...

A new lawsuit claims Illinois has been violating state and federal law for nearly two decades by failing to provide special education services to young people locked up in adult prisons. The federal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Republican lawmakers are demanding the Illinois Department of Corrections act quickly to stop drugs from getting inside prisons. This comes as a growing number of prison ...

ILLINOIS, USA — The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison. Under ...

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Corrections officers and staff across Illinois protested outside some state prisons on Thursday, October 17. Officers hope their message of “safety matters” will come across during ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Hundreds of corrections workers across the state of Illinois are waiting to see what happens next after they spent the day hosting “informational pickets” at Illinois ...

HARRISBURG, Ill. (WSIL) -- Southern Illinois lawmakers are urging the Illinois Department of Corrections to temporarily suspend processing non-legal mail in correctional facilities throughout the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' most-hardened criminals are no match for COVID-19 as the virus is infecting inmates in several state prisons at a startling pace. At one state prison on Monday more than 40% ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections is under scrutiny after a state audit found some employees are abusing overtime. A report from the Illinois Auditor General found some employees used paid time ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison. Under the rule that went ...