An inmate has died inside of the DeKalb County Jail, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office says. On Wednesday, deputies inside ...

A 48-year-old female inmate was found unresponsive during a routine safety check at Henry County Jail and was later ...

I was relieved because I was like ‘ok he’s in jail now, he’s going to be ok, he’s safe.’ But I guess I was wrong,” Thelma said. “ The jail did not protect him. He was not safe in jail.” ...

The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside ...

An upstate prison was still locked down Thursday after guards retook control of three dorms following an inmate uprising ...

SKIPPACK — An inmate on death row at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix was found unresponsive in his cell and ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

Another inmate at the Shelby County Jail, oftentimes referred to as 201 Poplar, died at the hospital after being found ...

Two more men died at the Shelby County Jail this week, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said Friday night. The deaths make ...

The sound of cell doors slamming, and a prison official on the loudspeaker: “Attention, inmates: visits will start soon.” The Gist: Visits will indeed start soon, with separate windows of time ...

Two inmates at the county jail at 201 Poplar have died in the past two days, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said. The ...