Patrick Lacy of New London has been promoted to assistant district director, Iowa Department of Corrections District 8 ...

Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocates spoke out this week against a new program at the Illinois Department of Corrections that restricts incarcerated people’s access to incoming mail ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocates spoke out this week against a new program at the Illinois Department of Corrections that restricts incarcerated people’s ...

Long before it became an ICE detention center, the Miami Correctional Facility was constantly beset by violence fueled ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Indiana State Police are investigating an inmate death at the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) South Bend Community Re-Entry Center. Police say IDOC staff found ...

(The Center Square) – Despite a myriad of ongoing issues at the Illinois Department of Corrections, state senators approved the nomination of Acting Director Latoya Hughes to stay in charge with a six ...

Correctional officers at Rhode Island’s state prison are claiming inmates made unauthorized social media posts last week and say they’ve complained to management about a lack of oversight of prisoner ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections began electronically scanning all inmate mail on August 14, aiming to reduce drugs and contraband in prisons. State Sen. Terri Bryant ...

(The Center Square) – Emergency rules from the Illinois Department of Corrections to scan inmate mail are under review by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, with supporters citing safety and ...

A legislative oversight panel formally objected Tuesday to a new administrative rule that temporarily allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail from incarcerated people and ...