Most criminals get in trouble for trying to break out of prison, but one Tucson man got in serious trouble for trying to get ...

Illinois counties have continued to launch new mental health courts, and advocates call for more. Champaign County is the ...

This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers and the Chicago bureau of MindSite News. Bloomington native Shayla Woodworth had struggled with mental illness and addiction since she was a teen ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the financier’s first suspected jail suicide ...

Learn how a decision by Gov. Mikie Sherrill has placed 1.7 million jobs in jeopardy in New Jersey. New rules would virtually ...

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said that despite the declining numbers, he won’t rest until the facility is closed for good.

A woman arrested on the way to her mother’s funeral is back in jail again. Carolyn Deborah Harmelin, 73, who lives at the ...

It’s exceptionally rare that the tiny, perpetually marginal, and politically outmatched animal rights movement manages to ...

More lawsuits over Oklahoma County jail deaths are pending. Lane was beaten to death by his cellmate, Shaquile Brown. Lane ...

Three PBSO employees, including a corrections deputy, another deputy, and a sergeant, are facing multiple felony charges.

Three Palm Beach County Sheriff’s corrections deputies are facing criminal charges after a 2024 jail incident, facing charges ...