Nearly every state in the country does not have universal air conditioning in their prisons, a USA TODAY analysis ... according to Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello.

Given the connection of prison conditions and public safety, Newsweek has investigated where the country's best and worst ranked prisons are located. The map shows how each U.S. state ranks in ...

Only seven of the state’s 26 prisons offer ... estimates that awarding MAP grants to incarcerated students will cost just .01% of the program’s budget — and save Illinois taxpayers much ...

By Glenn Thrush WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Prisons is shuttering a troubled special detention unit in Illinois that has been plagued by inmate deaths, suicides and the reported sexual harassment ...