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A $15 million fine, plus weekly fines of $1 million, should be levied against the Illinois Department of Corrections for its failure to provide adequate…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an emotional toll on many, including single fathers and dads who don’t have full-time custody of their children. However,…
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A state appellate court has temporarily halted a Logan County court order that required state prisons to accept inmates from county jails.It’s the latest…
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Five McLean County jail inmates are among scores of defendants whose court-ordered transfer to a state mental health facility has been delayed because of…
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Sex offenders who have completed their sentences but are still being held in Illinois prisons should be released as part of the effort to reduce the…
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For the 99,000 women incarcerated in U.S. prisons, the path to the criminal justice system is littered with broken relationships, physical and sexual…
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A new report from an independent prison watchdog finds serious problems with staffing, safety and deteriorating physical conditions.
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When she found out that staff at the Danville Correctional Center had removed more than 200 books from a library inside the prison’s education wing,...
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Johnny Page saw something as a child that no young person should ever see. “I witnessed my cousin being killed when I was maybe six, seven-years-old,”...
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Illinois lawmakers are moving to give judges more discretion in sentencing people convicted of certain crimes.