William Lasalle was scheduled to be released on Feb. 18, 2024, but less than a month before, he stabbed a cellmate.

The correctional officer in the attempted homicide incident was Correctional Officer Gregory Oettinger, who is not in a formal supervisory role, but is a true leader at the Dodge County ...

A Kilwinning teenager who sexually assaulted a girl after a house party has been told that his age had saved him from being sent to prison.

Illinois Republicans are speaking out after Gov. JB Pritzker signed changes to the state's Prisoner Review Board.

On March 12, 2024, the PRB voted to release Brand citing a lack of evidence to keep him behind bars, the Sun-Times reported.

U.S. District Judge James Sweeney sentenced Otha Don Watkins III, 43, of Cairo, Illinois to five years in federal prison ...

The man who served nearly 60 years in prison for The Starved Rock Murders has died. Chester Weger died Sunday at the age of ...

Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education.

Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education.

From left: Lesley Kennedy, Jeanine Logan and Lissah Mason of the Chicago South Side Birth Center pose for a portrait outside ...