The state of Illinois has started sending home inmates early under a revamped sentence-reduction program.Lee Enterprises news...

UPDATE: The deceased prisoner has been identified as 35-year-old William Crowder. Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel s...

A prison watchdog says the need for inmate space in Illinois is "trumping security."Officials announced they plan t...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois prison officials have started inmate transfers from the high-security Tamms prison in...