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Illinois prison inmates will continue to pay $5 for medical and dental visits, after the legislature tried and failed to get rid of the fee last week....
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Illinois lawmakers approved tighter restrictions on the use of jailhouse informants, overturning Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto. The legislation is meant...
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Knowing there were other transgender inmates in prisons in Illinois and across the country made Leila Lee feel as though she wasn’t alone. She said it...
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In 2016, the Illinois Department of Corrections reached a settlement agreeing to properly care for the needs of mentally ill inmates. The lawsuit was...
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The ACLU accuses a juvenile detention facility in southern Illinois of improperly and unnecessarily seeking prosecutions of several dozen detainees.The…
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's administration appears to be changing its tune on allowing reporters inside state prisons.Previous requests had been turned…
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A northern Illinois congressman is joining the call to close Tamms Supermax Prison.U.S. Rep. Danny Davis of Chicago says he backs the governor's decision…
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The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union was back in court Wednesday for an evidentiary hearing on a preliminary injunction…
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Overcrowding in the Illinois prison system has officials putting inmates in some rather unusual places. Last week we heard from inmates recently released…
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Illinois prison workers and their union is accusing the state of retaliating against whistle blowers who speak out about crowded prisons.An email from an…