It’s not unusual for Illinois to send high-profile prisoners away to serve their time elsewhere. Colorado prison officials say they have Hoover, but it's not clear where Crimo is serving his ...

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.

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 ...

From WBEZ and Illinois Public Radio, Prisoncast!, is a statewide show and engaged journalism project that shines a light on Illinois’ prison system, and the people affected by it.

— -- A former Illinois grocery store worker, who was the star witness in a missing person’s murder trial, is now saying prosecutors coerced him into giving false testimony to help put an ...