The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own ...

INA, IL (KFVS) - The Big Muddy River Correctional Center is under lockdown after 88 inmates showed flu-like symptoms. The total inmate population is 1,893.

INA, Ill. (WSIL)-- Local Prison workers are on the picket lines. They're calling for change at the Big Muddy River Correctional Center. Dennis Pedigo is the President of the Local 3663 at the Big ...

INA, Ill. (AP) - The state's Department of Corrections has locked down the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Ina after dozens of inmates started to show flu-like symptoms. The (Carbondale ...

Flu symptoms among some inmates at Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Ina forced the Illinois Department of Corrections to place the facility on lockdown as treatment continues. According to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — There are too few clinical staff members at a southern Illinois prison that houses sex offenders, according to a prison-rights advocacy group.

SPRINGFIELD - An inmate at Big Muddy Correctional Center died Thursday following a fight with another prisoner, marking the second major incident of violence within the Illinois prison system in ...

Two Southern Illinois correctional facilities were evaluated by the National Institute of Corrections on Thursday. Big Muddy, Pinckneyville prisons evaluated Skip to main content Skip to main content ...