Larry Hoover, 74, denounced his past and has been locked up for more than 50 years. But Trump is hardly the harbinger of ...

One of the country's most secure prisons is home to some of history's deadliest convicts.

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

Situated amid rolling hills and farms in the southern tip of Illinois, this "super-max" prison was built during the get-tough-on-crime wave that swept the nation in the 1990s.

As Illinois prisons face continued risk of substance exposure and staff assaults, State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, is once again calling for change in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In fact, sentencing relief for victims of domestic violence has been possible in Illinois since 2016, when the state became one of the first in the nation, ahead of New York, to pass legislation.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in her husband's killing three decades ago but cleared with help from famed attorney F. Lee Bailey in the slayings of her husband's ...