prisons

Dr. Luke Fairless and Sgt. Joe Valentin co-host the video podcast, The 4th Shift: Mind, Body, Badge. It addresses the emotional wellness needed for corrections staff at Illinois prisons.

After decades of growth, the number of men and women in the Illinois prison system has declined sharply in the last several years. A complex blend of…

Most inmates are put on mandatory supervised release, which requires a person to have stable housing before they can leave prison.

Simple, everyday tasks – like ordering coffee, crossing the street, or getting gas – can be an obstacle, or an intimidating challenge for people recently…

Every Sunday, a group of women meets in the basement of a church in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood to sort and package boxes of books. The boxes are…

The field of Democrats running for governor has gotten smaller as Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar ends his campaign. Meanwhile, the AFSCME union says the…

The labor union representing Illinois prison workers says assaults are way up. AFSCME is asking the state to do more to keep its members safe.Cory Knop…

The Illinois Department of Corrections on Wednesday announced most of its workers have completed mental-illness training. It's part of the settlement in a…

Prisons often take an expansive view of their power to censor what inmates are reading. It makes sense that they might ban a book on, say, how to escape…

A federal judge has approved the settlement in a lawsuit over the treatment of Illinois’ mentally ill prisoners.Without admitting wrongdoing, Department…