Illinois officials have awarded a prison medical care contract to the same company it's been using for years, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits and widespread accusations of substandard care.

A massive health care reform bill, the fourth and final pillar of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus agenda, passed the state Senate Thursday, the final step before heading to Gov. JB Pritzker ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A court-appointed expert would guide the overhaul of health care for Illinois prison inmates in a proposed federal consent decree filed Thursday. Lawyers for ...

A mental health crisis cell at Lawrence Correctional Center in Illinois. Lawmakers heard testimony Monday asking them to find a new health care provider for people locked up in state prisons.

Releasing the terminally ill and seriously disabled, under a 2022 law, would help ease the burden on the state’s disastrous prison health care system. The state needs to provide funding so ...

The Illinois House passed a massive health care reform bill Thursday, marking the passage of the final of four legislative agenda pillars outlined by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus last ...

Illinois is failing to provide adequate health care for prisoners The state committed itself to change by entering into a consent decree in the Lippert vs. Jeffreys class action lawsuit on prison ...

Photos of mental health care treatment areas and crisis cells in Illinois prisons. The photos were included in a 2020 federal court filing in Davis v. Jefferys, a lawsuit over prison isolation.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill – Members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus led their fifth hearing on criminal justice reform Tuesday afternoon. Lawmakers and advocates highlighted issues people face ...

Illinois legislators advanced two measures pushed by proponents of reform in the state’s behavioral health system that are aimed at expanding insurance coverage for those seeking help.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against… ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it's used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against ...