Overcrowding

Justice-reform groups in Missouri are watching the progress of a $1 billion proposal to Congress to pay states to rethink and shrink their prison populations.

The number of inmates in Illinois prisons has dropped by nine percent since Governor Bruce Rauner took office nearly two years ago.Governor Rauner set a…

New state data show that the number of people incarcerated in Illinois prisons has fallen in recent years but facilities still remain overcrowded.The…