Nineteen inmates filed a class-action lawsuit claiming Illinois prisons punish instead of treat mental illness. Advocates say court-ordered reforms from a previous case were abandoned in 2022. The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections continues to battle lawsuits over what some say is a failing health care system. The widely criticized private prison health care ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Republicans are speaking out after Gov. JB Pritzker signed changes to the state’s Prisoner Review Board. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 19, which includes ...

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 ...

He was sent to prison for 100-300 years for the 1970 Cabrini-Green sniper killing of her uncle, ... RELATED: Chance the Rapper and Common push prison parole reform in Illinois ...

Washington group blames Illinois prison population’s nearly fourfold rise since 1970s on ‘extreme’ sentencing laws Families Against Mandatory Minimums is calling for a series of changes ...

Illinois taxpayers shell out hundreds of millions as prison reform lawsuits grind on By CASEY TONER and PETER WINSLOW Illinois Answers Project Dec 22, 2023 ...

CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first lady M.K. Pritzker to help those exiting the criminal justice system.

“We live in a system today where we use money as the sole determining factor in determining whether somebody is going to be in jail or out of jail," one justice advocate said.