Logan Correctional Center

During a media appearance Tuesday in Bloomington, Pritzker said he's the most pro-economic development governor since Jim Thompson, who left office in 1991. He plans to work with Logan County officials to address state properties where industry has left, including the pending closure of Logan Correctional Center.

Mayor Tracy Welch wants to see the women's prison site remediated, unlike what happened two decades ago at the 100-acre Lincoln Developmental Center site. It's part of the City of Lincoln's multi-pronged strategy boosting economic development in the Logan County seat.

The Illinois Department of Corrections announced Friday it is officially closing the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln and will relocate the 800-bed facility to Crest Hill in Will County.

A controversial holding cell at an Illinois women’s prison is still being used, over one year after the head of corrections vowed to take it down. Guards…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to change the climate for women in Illinois prisons.The measure Rauner signed at the Logan Correctional Center in…

The Illinois Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $450,000 to a man who says prison officials punished and humiliated him after he reported his…

A federal judge has approved the settlement in a lawsuit over the treatment of Illinois’ mentally ill prisoners. Without admitting wrongdoing,...

Governor Bruce Rauner visited a state prison Wednesday. It's the first time a sitting governor has done that in years. Rauner says an overhaul of…

The union that represents Illinois prison guards says inmates at the Logan Correctional Center committed about 400 assaults since the lockup was converted…