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Colorado-based Motus Theater is bringing the national tour of its “JustUs” project featuring monologists sharing their experiences with incarceration to the Knox College campus next week.
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to reduce county jail crowding by granting bail relief to non-violent offenders. The Republican governor…
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Cook County prosecutors will no longer oppose the release of some detainees who are held on nonviolent offenses because they can't afford to pay cash…
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Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing is among those attending the US Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C. She says a common idea being heard is that...
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Partisan gridlock has caused Illinois to run without a full budget for more than a year-and-a-half. But there's one area Democrats and Republicans are...
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Any day now, Governor Bruce Rauner's criminal justice reform commission is expected to release its final set of recommendations. It's trying to figure out…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has eliminated a backlog of more than 2,000 clemency requests he inherited from previous administrations. Rauner says acting on…
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The Illinois Supreme Court is carrying out a new certification process that's aimed at bringing accountability to the state's problem-solving courts.…
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The Illinois Supreme Court is committing to a redesign of pretrial justice procedures -- the system in place to deal with individuals from the time…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a package of legislation involving criminal justice, saying the system needs to be approached "with more…