Only seven of the state’s 26 prisons offer ... estimates that awarding MAP grants to incarcerated students will cost just .01% of the program’s budget — and save Illinois taxpayers much ...

Nearly every state in the country does not have universal air conditioning in their prisons, a USA TODAY analysis ... according to Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello.

By Glenn Thrush WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Prisons is shuttering a troubled special detention unit in Illinois that has been plagued by inmate deaths, suicides and the reported sexual harassment ...

Illinois Officials Take First Step Toward Construction of 2 New Prisons SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials Friday announced their impending search for a firm to manage the planning and ...