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 time for other violent offenses.

We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...

A second Joliet man, Ryan Gooch, 19, has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month on Youngs Avenue. Gooch faces ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

The Prairie State is famous for being ... that can be found across Illinois. There are plenty of Penny's Place locations all across Illinois, with the highest density in and around Chicago. Joliet has ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KATV) — State Senator Brian King is developing a new project aimed at halting Governor Sarah Sanders' controversial prison expansion project in Franklin County ...

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prison nursery to incarcerated mothers. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia has launched a new program and ...

Six members of the Joliet J-Hawk Speech and Drama team are headed to state competition this weekend in Huntley. The team comprises, Aubrey Blair, Keith Frank, Adin Matthes, Nancy Nelson ...

CHICAGO — Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new ...

They swept the cellar-dwelling Iowa State Cyclones (6-18-3, 15 pts.). The team survived a late surge Friday to hang on 4-3 and breezed past the Cyclones Saturday, 4-1. Illinois is now 7-2-1 in its ...

(WICS) — The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC ... who will go on to serve at Joliet Treatment Center, Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center, Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center, Pontiac, and ...