When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Now, almost three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release Robert Johnson later this month.

More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois ...

One of the suspects in a 2020 Boulder Hill drive-by shooting has been found guilty by a Kendall County jury. 31-year-old ...

We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...

A former Joliet housing authority official and vocal supporter of former Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk was able to avoid prison ...

A 26-year-old Joliet resident is now being kept in the Will County Jail following an investigation by the Joliet Police ...

JOLIET — Will County's judges continue to utilize the Illinois SAFE-T-Act to keep Joliet citizens accused of violent crimes ...

A Fort Wayne man faces up to 85 years in prison after jurors found him guilty of murder stemming from a shooting at the ...

A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious ...