The new report is another example of a culture of abuse that has gone unchecked in Illinois prisons, especially at Pontiac Correctional Center.

Guards forcibly remove Jamale Douglas from his cell at Pontiac Correctional Center on March 16, 2016.

Drug smuggling and assaults on staff are just two of the reasons why Illinois correctional center officers will be picketing Thursday.

Images from a state facility condition assessment at Pontiac Correctional Center show holes in ceilings and walls and chipping paint. Pontiac Correctional Center is the most expensive prison in ...

In the end, inmates faced convictions stemming from the Pontiac prison riot but no one faced murder charges for the three guards who were killed.

A draft plan to close parts of the Pontiac Correctional Center drew community members together Tuesday, seeking clarity and transparency.

An inmate charged in a November 2022 attack on correctional officers at Pontiac Correctional Center has been sentenced to 60 more years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. In a plea ...

Ten years after three guards were killed during an inmate riot, the Pontiac Correctional Center remains the state`s most volatile prison-an explosive mixture of gangs and drugs and the violence the… ...

PONTIAC - A prison guard was injured by an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center Monday, just one month after the Quinn administration moved inmates out of a southern Illinois lock-up designed ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is resuming in-person visitation at its correctional facilities statewide that were halted because of the pandemic. Visitations will start at Lincoln ...

The hazing and sexual harassment of an employee at Pontiac Correctional Center in 2018 led to a shake-up of the maximum security prison’s top staff last year, according to an inspector general ...