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She criticized the current leadership for fostering a culture of secrecy and inefficiency, which she claims endangers both inmates and staff.

Top officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections on Friday laid out the agency’s plans to close and rebuild two state prisons that are in dire states of disrepair.

James Dawson’s charges involve seven separate victims.

IDOC needs corrections officers, nurses and social workers.

Maintenance costs, fewer inmates precipitate reductions

Over the past seven days, 132,188 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered daily on average in Illinois as of Monday, an increase of more than…

The Illinois Department of Corrections and some elderly and medically vulnerable prisoners seeking early release to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in state…

More than 4,500 offenders in Illinois run correctional facilities have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.One of the lowest…

A $15 million fine, plus weekly fines of $1 million, should be levied against the Illinois Department of Corrections for its failure to provide adequate...

Many states have seen large outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons. The warden at a southern Illinois correctional facility talks with WSIU's Brad Palmer about…