For Joseph, locked inside Menard Correctional Center, it sounds like “peace and quiet and not hearing keys jingle all day.” For Carrie, in Logan women’s prison, it’s gratitude for “rain ...

Over 20 staff members have been hospitalized at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Ill. in the past month, nine in the past three days. One correctional officer was found unconscious.

On Monday Heartland News reported about a similar incident at Menard Correctional Center in August.

In a bid to curb the influx of illicit substances entering prisons through mail, State Senator Rachel Ventura has proposed a ...