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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…

A federal Judge says the state has been too slow in responding to the needs of inmates with hearing problems.

In a follow-up to a report last month on a Re-Entry Summit at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center, WSIU's Brad Palmer takes us inside the Murphysboro…

WSIU's Brad Palmer recently attended a Re-entry Summit at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center to learn more about how the process works to try to reduce…

Lance Pittman arrived at the Danville Correctional Center on Jan. 10 with multiple boxes of books, and bound printouts of articles and book chapters....

An inmate’s complaint about an Illinois prison’s refusal to let her breastfeed has led to a system-wide policy change at the Illinois Department of...

The new director of the Illinois Department of Corrections said during a legislative hearing in Chicago on Monday that the agency plans to revise its...

Augie Torres said he missed between seven and 10 job interviews when he was released from prison in October 2014 because he was on an electronic monitor...

Last week, Illinois Newsroom reported on the removal of more than 200 books from the shelves of a college in prison program’s library inside the...

A bill to repurpose a portion of the shuttered Tamms Correctional Center is moving to the governor's desk.The bill's sponsor, Murphysboro State…