If you ask Rhonda Thompson about the problems with Logan Correctional Center, the Illinois prison where she’s incarcerated, she can rattle off a long list. There’s the pollution from the 1930s ...

CHICAGO — A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Chicago seeks an order directing state officials "to drastically reduce Illinois’ prison population" on grounds that hundreds of inmates are ...

CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first lady M.K. Pritzker to help those exiting the criminal justice system.

While Illinois lost population as a whole in recent years, 15 of its 102 counties gained residents from 2020 to 2024, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.. The bureau’s estimates of ...