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Over 80 percent of federal inmates in "solitary" confinement are actually forced to share a cell with another, often violent, inmate.
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Another prison in southern Illinois is on partial lockdown while awaiting test results for two inmates who may have chickenpox.Authorities say it's the…
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A southern Illinois maximum-security state prison is in lockdown because five inmates in one housing unit have developed chickenpox.Illinois Department of…
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The lockdown at the state's maximum security prison in Chester ended Thursday... well for the most part.Illinois Department of Corrections Spokesperson…
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Illinois prison officials say they've transferred 72 inmates to Menard Correctional Center in the southern Illinois community of Chester.Illinois…
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An inmate serving time for murder has been found dead in his cell at a prison in southwestern Illinois.Illinois Department of Corrections spokesman Tom…
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The Associated Press has learned that authorities are calling the death of Menard Correctional Center inmate Tuesday night ``suspicious.''It is the third…
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A prison inmate found dead in his cell at Menard Correctional Center has been identified.Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel says the inmate was…