Former Illinois Democratic lawmaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following a federal corruption trial in Chicago. Madigan, the longest serving legislative ...

Former Illinois Democratic lawmaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following a federal corruption trial in Chicago. Madigan, the longest serving legislative ...

(The Center Square) – Although former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was expected to pay a $2.5 million fine quickly, his time in prison won’t begin until at least October. Judge John ...

Michael J. Madigan, once among the most powerful figures in Illinois politics, was sentenced on Friday to 7.5 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine for his role in a bribery scheme born of the ...

What it’s like to graduate from college while inside an Illinois prison Incarcerated students accepted their diplomas from Augustana College at a commencement inside East Moline Correctional Center.

Prisoncast! is a special audio project by WBEZ and Illinois Public Radio for people inside Illinois prisons and their loved ones on the outside. Listen to the live broadcast of the Father’s Day ...

It was the first of its kind to take place inside the East Moline Correctional Center, a minimum-security men’s prison on the Illinois-Iowa border about two and a half hours west of Chicago.