Reese told the editorial board that legislators allotted only 20 minutes for an overview presentation and that he will discuss the prison system’s health care needs in budget presentations.

SPRINGFIELD — On a tour of the Pontiac Correctional Center shortly after he was hired to lead Illinois' prison system, John Baldwin met an inmate whose story convinced him that some reform ...

We asked hundreds of people in Illinois prisons how they define ‘rehabilitation’ Tune into ‘Prisoncast!’ this Sunday, March 30, at 2 p.m. to hear what incarcerated Illinoisans told us.

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would slash the program, which provides health care coverage to people with low incomes, in order to help pay for tax cuts and border and national security.

Now is a good time to begin studying prison health care, Lorber said, because the state is already studying broader health care reform. In addition, the state is one year into a three-year contract ...

These proposed cuts are not abstract numbers — they represent a direct threat to the 3.4 million Illinoisans who depend on Medicaid and to the hospitals that care for them every day.

This number is trending upward: between 1980 and 2022, the female prison population in the U.S. grew by more than 585 percent, more than twice the growth rate of the male prison population.

Pritzker's name has been thrown around nationally as a potential Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2028. The Illinois governor said pension and health care reform are among the key issues ...