Illinois Department of Corrections Honor Guard member James Berry, a correctional officer at the Pontiac Correctional Center, stands with replicas of the military uniforms once worn by three ...

In 2022, an inmate in the Pontiac prison attacked two correctional officers, stabbing one of the guards in the neck with a piece of metal that he had sharpened.

PONTIAC — Six Illinois Department of Corrections officers suffered injuries in an apparent fight with five inmates Sunday at the Pontiac Correctional Center, the Chicago Tribune reported on its ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Lawmakers from around Illinois recently met with staff from the Pontiac Correctional Center to discuss unsafe work conditions. WCIA reported that prison workers from Central ...

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) -- An inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center collapsed and died as he was walking to an administration building to sign his release papers, prison officials said.

SPRINGFIELD — On a tour of the Pontiac Correctional Center shortly after he was hired to lead Illinois' prison system, John Baldwin met an inmate whose story convinced him that some reform ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Central Illinois lawmakers are optimistic about Pontiac Correctional Center ’s chances for survival if Gov. Rod Blagojevich resigns or is impeached. Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision to keep Pontiac Correctional Center open continues his trend of reversing the controversial initiatives of his disgraced predecessor. The ...

PONTIAC, IL — A corrections officer faces up to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of possession with intent to deliver drugs and official misconduct at the Pontiac Correctional Center.

More than two dozen inmates were being bused from the super-maximum-security prison in Southern Illinois to the Pontiac Correctional Center on Thursday with an aim on closing Tamms by Jan. 4, an ...

TAMMS, Ill. -- The last inmates at Tamms Correctional Center were transferred Friday to other prisons in Illinois. The remaining five inmates in the CMAX, or "supermax" unit, were transferred to ...

PONTIAC, IL — A corrections officer faces up to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of possession with intent to deliver drugs and official misconduct at the Pontiac Correctional Center.