Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Update: 7:00 p.m. CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — In the wake of prison workers around the state of Illinois demanding safer working ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections resumed intake of inmates from county jails last week after a two-week pause due to a COVID-19 spike. As COVID-19 cases at Illinois correctional facilities ...

HILLSBORO, Ill. – Authorities say two suspicious substances at the center of a high-profile investigation Wednesday in rural Illinois are nonhazardous. At least 17 staff members hospitalized from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Willie Hedden, 43, a former sergeant at the ...

WREX, Ill - This week, (May 11-17) is National Correctional Officers and Employees Week. Which takes time to honor the men and women with the Illinois Department of Corrections. As well as recognizing ...

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(The Center Square) – The acting assistant director for the Illinois Department of Corrections is being pressed about a paroled inmate who faces new allegations of murdering a child and stabbing a ...

THOMSON, Ill. (WHBF) — At least 15 corrections officers went to the hospital on Wednesday after being exposed to narcotics at FCI Thomson. Three have been released. Two were transferred to other ...