Rodney Carr is seeking his release four decades after a prison riot that killed a corrections officer. Several witnesses say ...

The cover of Heather Ann Thompson’s Pulitzer Prize winning book on the Attica prison riot. Following a lawsuit settlement, every prison library in Illinois is getting a copy of the book.

Stateville prison’s notorious history is recalled as the state prepares to tear down the century-old facility and rebuild.

Twelve inmates at Trousdale Turner Correction Center are facing multiple charges after a riot at the prison.

Seven inmates were killed in a prison riot in southern Mexico, when inmates resisting transfers to other jails fought police with guns and knives, authorities said late Thursday. Four police ...

Explore the new bill in Washington State easing prison riot charges for juveniles, highlighting implications for justice reform.

In a blow to local advocates, the San Francisco Board of Appeals on Wednesday declined to overturn a city zoning determination allowing a halfway house operated by a major private prison company to ...

At least four people from southern Illinois were pardoned by President Donald Trump Monday for their roles in the riots inside and around the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Three of the men had ...

Burbank man sentenced 3 years in prison for spraying officers during Capitol riot William Lewis, 58, pleaded guilty to a felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.

The bill would challenge the Truth in Sentencing law and reduce the percentage of time certain inmates must serve before they could be considered for release.

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Friday to designate the “Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument” on the 116th anniversary of the deadly riot in the state capital. “We’re allowing ...

President Biden will designate a national monument this week at the site of racist mob violence in 1908 in Springfield, Ill., the White House confirmed Wednesday.