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A federal judge has ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to provide mental health to inmates on "crisis watches" in segregated cells.U.S.…

A federal judge has rejected the Illinois Department of Corrections' plan to address flaws in mental health care for 12,000 inmates. Assistant Chief…

Lawyers for a transgender woman say Illinois' Department of Corrections has agreed to move her from her current male prison where she says she's suffered…

The Illinois budget crisis has apparently driven state prison inmates to drink.Illinois prison guard Corey Knop told lawmakers Tuesday he's seen more…

About 35 of 80 Illinois inmates in who received mandatory life-without-parole sentences for crimes committed as juveniles have been resentenced since the…

A Chicago jail has started offering gourmet Italian pizzas to inmates. For the past few weeks, inmates have been able to order a pizza made by fellow…

Eight maximum security inmates at Cook County Jail in Chicago have been charged with aggravated arson after they allegedly set fire to their uniforms last…

A judge has given the green light to a class action lawsuit against Illinois’ prison healthcare system. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois…

VIENNA, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois prison has started a program to provide inmates who are being released with new clothes. The idea is to help…

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…