Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center ...

Warden John L. Whitman, Supt. Green and Supt. of Construction Yardley, as they inspect the new Stateville prison in Joliet, Illinois, circa 1924. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) A magnet for ...

Once I got on the bus and found out I was going to Stateville, I was happy, because I knew I had potential to educate myself and also work better on my case than I could in Menard prison.

It’s not unusual for Illinois to send high-profile prisoners away to serve their time elsewhere. Colorado prison officials ...

For years, Lillian Bell says she hardly ever missed a Sunday visiting her son Michael in prison at Stateville Correctional ...

The battle cry from the picket line outside Stateville Prison lately is, "No layoffs, no chaos." "We don't want any layoffs," said Eugene Washington, president of AFSCME Local 1866. "This is going ...

Larry Hoover is the former leader of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide. Read about his ...

Erin Hooley / AP Share Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison was closed last summer, 278 were convicted of murder, and 100 more are serving ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – The family of an inmate at Stateville Prison said his death behind bars could have been prevented. On Tuesday night, they joined activists calling for the prison to close sooner ...

Illinois must move most of the inmates at its 100-year-old prison within less than two months because of decrepit conditions, a federal judge ruled. The Illinois Department of Corrections said ...

Earlier this month a federal judge, citing health and security concerns, ordered Illinois prison officials to transfer the majority of incarcerated individuals out of Stateville by September 30.