Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...

"All it has done is put more people back in jail," Kane County's sheriff told county lawmakers about a law that eliminated cash bail in the state in 2023.

At the Kane County Board Committee of the Whole meeting, Sheriff Ron Hain said the state’s new bail reform is to blame for ...

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office presented data showing an uptick in both jail population and arrest warrants. Sheriff Ron ...