Illinois seeks two Crest Hill prisons, leaving Lincoln out of Logan Correctional Center rebuild plan
Logan Correctional Center will not be rebuilt in Lincoln, despite locals’ hopes.
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Prisoner Review Board sued for negligence a year after released prisoner killed Chicago boy
A year after her 11-year-old son was stabbed to death, a Chicago woman has filed a lawsuit claiming the Illinois ...
Capitol Briefs: State completes project preserving its only undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline
Illinois has completed a $73 million shoreline protection project at Illinois Beach State Park to prevent erosion and restore endangered ...
Judge orders prison officials to relocate Stateville population by Sept. 30
Department of Corrections had already been planning to close dilapidated facility
Menard prison staff picket, citing unsafe working conditions
Amid worker shortage, union says facility has seen a surge in violence
Lawmakers pass on oversight vote for Pritzker’s prison closure, rebuild plan
Two prisons in disrepair slated for demolishment but one’s relocation still up in the air
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker’s prison plan
Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers
Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform
Governor says board failed to consider prisoner’s domestic violence offense before his release
Prisoner Review Board chair, member resign in wake of boy’s fatal stabbing by released inmate
Former inmate allegedly targeted boy’s mother, his ex-girlfriend, in pattern of abuse
IDOC inmates continue to face commissary shortages
To Illinois prisoners, commissary is more than candy bars, shaving cream and socks. It represents normalcy and choice.
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