Prisons

Tazewell County is reporting a major COVID-19 outbreak at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pekin.Sixty of the 95 new cases reported countywide on…

Illinois prisons officials have told state lawmakers that they need an extra $420 million to get through the rest of the budget year.Illinois Department…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed legislation prohibiting the Illinois Department of Corrections from hiring private healthcare workers. Rauner vetoed the…

An Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman says six officers have been injured by inmates at the maximum-security prison in Pontiac. IDOC…

In January, the Illinois prison population was down by more than 2,500 inmates over a year earlier. But that’s still a long way off from Gov. Bruce...

The new director of Illinois prisons says union contracts are the source of many problems within the Illinois Department of Corrections.In a memo to Gov.…

The state budget proposed this week by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s includes money to reopen two recently shuttered youth prisons. The two youth prisons,…

The closure of the Dwight Correctional Center last week means other state prisons will be able to ramp up staff. As IPR’s Amanda Vinicky reports, most…

Over the last few weeks the Illinois Department of Corrections has been moving 600 men into gymnasiums across the state where they’re now living. It’s the…