Last fall, Illinois emptied the maximum security prison at Stateville Correctional Center amid a lawsuit over the aging prison’s deteriorating condition. But as state lawmakers negotiate the ...

The prison, holding about 1,000 men and located on the Shirley/Lancaster line, remains locked down after five correction officers were hurt in last week's attack.

Guests and incarcerated men sit alongside each other at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility's first-ever film festival on Oct. 24. (Tsering Bista/NPR) At the Sing Sing maximum security prison ...

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, ... which centers women seeking justice for their sons who had been victims of police brutality.