State Senator Rachel Ventura has introduced a series of criminal justice reform policies, including medication-assisted treatment programs and a canine unit to detect illegal drugs in prison mail.

He's among 800 people who have filed complaints since May against juvenile detention centers in Illinois alleging they were ...

The Illinois lawsuits are part of a wave of complaints against juvenile detention centers nationwide including in New Jersey, ...

Joliet police say they found Willie Lewis in a vehicle at 419 North Bluff Street, where a blood-covered pocketknife was ...

Catalytic converters were stolen from 30 buses in the school district, police said, leaving the majority of the fleet "inoperable." ...

Joliet Patch opined that Nena's Cantina & Restaurant, 701 Garnsey Ave., probably has the best tacos around Joliet.

I don’t know what to say other than I am shocked,” Benner Township Supervisor Kathy Evey said. “It could have a significant ...

A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious ...

Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the ...

Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was one of the books involved in an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs into Ohio prisons, court records say.

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office invited media to tour the Shelby County Jail. A CA reporter saw deteriorating conditions and broken infrastructure.