Illinois prison officials want more money

SPRINGFIELD | State prison officials are predicting more problems at the embattled Illinois Department of Corrections if lawmakers don’t give them more money to operate in coming weeks.

Another suspicious inmate death at Menard prison

SPRINGFIELD | Another inmate death is under investigation at the Menard Correctional Center.

First inmates freed in revamped early release program

SPRINGFIELD | A 34-year-old southern Illinois man last week became the first Illinois prison inmate sent home on parole under a revamped early release program.

Early prisoner release program still on hold

SPRINGFIELD | More than six months have passed since Gov. Pat Quinn approved legislation designed to ease overcrowding within the state’s bursting-at-the-seams prison system.

Illinois judge bars Quinn from closing prisons

SPRINGFIELD | Prison closures planned by Gov. Pat Quinn could "make the prisons that remain more dangerous," a southern Illinois judge declared Tuesday in prohibiting shutdowns until the administration answers state workers' concerns.

Some Tamms prisoners could be shipped out of state

SPRINGFIELD | Some of Illinois’ most notorious criminals could be shipped to other states as part of Gov. Pat Quinn’s push to close prisons in Tamms and Dwight.

Company seeking bids on former Dixmoor transitional housing center

The former site of a state adult transitional housing center in Dixmoor is heading to auction.

Brunch is served: Inmates going to two-meal deal on weekends, holidays

SPRINGFIELD |The weekend dining schedule is about to change for thousands of Illinois prison inmates.

Report cites need for more female prison guards in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD | Against the backdrop of a rise in inmate grievances at the state's lone maximum-security prison for women, Illinois officials say they are investigating ways to boost the number of female prison guards.

Paperwork mistake at Stateville nearly derails holiday meal

SPRINGFIELD | A paperwork glitch almost made the holidays a little bleaker for inmates and employees at one Illinois prison.

Eric Caine

Eric Caine, who has for years claimed he was tortured by Chicago police into confessing to a double murder, has been ordered released from prison.

Quinn ousts parole board member

SPRINGFIELD | Gov. Pat Quinn has removed a member of the state's parole review board who has been unable to work for more than a year because of illness.

Walker says Quinn wants him gone

SPRINGFIELD | Gov. Pat Quinn appeared to be taking steps Friday to remove a member of the state's parole review board who has been unable to work for more than a year because of illness.

Quinn says appointee's position under review

SPRINGFIELD | Gov. Pat Quinn says he will decide soon what to do with a member of the state's prisoner review board who hasn't worked in over a year because of illness.