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One inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Marion has died from COVID-19.65 year-old Earl James tested positive for the virus on July 22. He showed…
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Some members of the Illinois House Republican Caucus are expressing frustration at the Department of Corrections and Governor Pritzker's Office. In a Zoom…
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Lawyers are asking a federal judge to hold the state of Illinois in contempt over the way it deals with mental illness in prisons.
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An inmate serving a 25-year sentence at the Marion federal prison will add 18 more years after being convicted of filing fake bankruptcy petitions against…
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The Tamms Correctional Center closed in 2013 by then Governor Pat Quinn due to budget cuts.Representative Terri Bryant introduced a bill that was passed…
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A Marion federal inmate is potentially facing more time behind bars after he was caught trying to smuggle prescription narcotics into prison.The U.S.…
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The new director of the Illinois Department of Corrections said during a legislative hearing in Chicago on Monday that the agency plans to revise its...
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Last week, Illinois Newsroom reported on the removal of more than 200 books from the shelves of a college in prison program’s library inside the...
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A bill to repurpose a portion of the shuttered Tamms Correctional Center is moving to the governor's desk.The bill's sponsor, Murphysboro State…
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When she found out that staff at the Danville Correctional Center had removed more than 200 books from a library inside the prison’s education wing,...