Logan Correctional Center

Two prisons in disrepair slated for demolishment but one’s relocation still up in the air

Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers

The Pritzker Administration has proposed closing the women's prison in Lincoln after it builds a new facility near Joliet.

A state plan to rebuild two aging prisons has some state and local government leaders in Logan County concerned about the future of a facility that provides nearly 500 jobs in the area.

A pair of laws recently enacted in Illinois were designed to take into account how children are affected by their parents' incarceration and to find ways…

A mother is suing Illinois and Sangamon County officials for failing to prevent her daughter's suicide.Tiffany Rusher had serious mental health problems.…

Gov. Bruce Rauner visited a state prison Wednesday. It’s the first time a sitting governor has done that in years.Rauner says an overhaul of Illinois’…

The union that represents Illinois prison guards says inmates at the Logan Correctional Center committed about 400 assaults since the lockup was converted…

Illinois’ main prison for women has nearly 2,000 inmates. An outside monitor says that’s the result of poor planning when Illinois closed the prison at…