Gov. JB Pritzker endorsed the plan in 2024 to replace two aging, deteriorating prisons — Stateville Correctional Center near ...

The Logan Correctional Center will be relocated. This comes after over two years of discussion, and consistent pushback from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — When film star ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A graduation ceremony like we've never seen before. A unique opportunity for inmates to pursue higher education at a prestigious university. More than a dozen of them got their ...

Much has been said and written over the years about controversial malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary starting in the 1940s. But at least one part of that story ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the ...

June 11, 2025—The next time your doctor suggests that you take a genetic test before prescribing a drug, you can thank a group of Black inmates imprisoned outside Chicago 75 years ago. The story ...

CHICAGO — The family of a man who died while in custody at Stateville Correctional Center during an early summer heat wave sued the Illinois Department of Corrections, a prison health care provider ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Much has been said and written over the years about controversial malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville ...

Much has been said and written over the years about controversial malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary starting in the 1940s. But at least one part of that story ...