A Michigan man will spend up to four years in a Pennsylvania prison for having sexually explicit online communications with ...

New York prison officials are sounding the alarm after drones dropped packages stuffed with cell phones, drugs and weapons ...

Detectives said Wilkins was apprehended in a wooded area with two bags containing varying amounts of contraband and a pair of ...

A 1971 Stanford University prison simulation, once hailed as proof of inherent human cruelty under authority, is now understood differently. Modern analysis reveals researcher manipulation and a lack ...

It has been the home to prisons since it was formed in the 1960’s, and now Crest Hill has been selected by the Illinois Department of Corrections to be the location of its two newest facilities. The ...

LINCOLN, Ill. (WAND) - Officials with the City of Lincoln learned Friday that Logan Correctional Center was closing. While the possibility was discussed previously, they learned the facility's fate ...

Despite local hopes to rebuild Logan Correctional Center in its original Lincoln location, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced it plans to build a women’s facility in Crest Hill, near ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Corrections said Friday it’s moving forward with a plan to shut down a women’s prison in central Illinois and rebuild it south of Chicago, near the site of ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections informed area officials that Logan Correctional Center will be moving to Stateville. Some area officials are calling it an "ill-advised and devastating decision.

LOGAN COUNTY (WAND and 25News Now) - Central Illinois politicians are blasting the state’s decision to replace an aging prison for women in Lincoln with a new lockup closer to Chicago in Crest Hill.