Illinois Department of Corrections

A woman is suing the state of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleging the state prison system forced her to give birth before she was due. Amy Hicks was in custody at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln in early 2024, held on a drug conviction. Over her objections, she was taken to a hospital and labor was induced two weeks before her due date.

Stephany Flores-Ramirez must serve at least 85% of a 10-year sentence and pay nearly $2 million in restitution.

The Illinois Department of Corrections said in a statement that most of the 109 students enrolled in Stateville’s higher education programs were transferred to a facility that supported what they were doing.

Drug-soaked paper is making its way into Illinois prisons, causing overdoses and staff safety concerns. But banning it could pose legal issues.

A symposium attracting artists, educators and policy advocates gathered in Bloomington last weekend to highlight arts initiatives supporting people and families touched by the correctional system.

A federal judge is ordering Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to move the vast majority of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet out of the aging prison by the end of September, citing health and safety concerns posed by the facility.

Staff from Logan and other regional correctional centers held a charity softball tournament Friday that served both to raise money for the Lincoln food bank, and to spotlight efforts to keep the prison in Logan County.

Amid the loud political struggle over the potential relocation of the state women's prison at Lincoln, there is little disagreement that something needs to happen at the current Logan Correctional Center.

The Illinois Department of Corrections held a public meeting Thursday in Lincoln to give residents and other stakeholders the opportunity to express concerns about the planned reconstruction of Logan Correctional Center to a location in northern Illinois.

The union that represents state employees, including correctional workers, has joined other state and local leaders in critiquing a plan to tear down and rebuild two aging prisons, including the Logan Correctional Center outside of Lincoln.