CHICAGO — A state legislative oversight committee Friday permitted the Illinois Department of Corrections to formally adopt ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has been allowed to continue using its controversial mail scanning policy despite ...

Update: According to the Illinois Department of Corrections website, the full lockdown at the East Moline Correctional Center has been lifted. News 8 has still not heard from the IDOC as to what ...

BOISE, Idaho — In a Wednesday news release, a drug sweep was performed at an Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) facility. Reports show that officials performed the drug sweep successfully, and ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) —Allen County officials are frustrated with the number of inmates awaiting transfer to the Indiana Department of Corrections. Thursday, at the Allen County Jail, there were ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — On Thursday afternoon, AFSCME-represented prison employees picketed across the state to demand safer workplaces. Union members of the American Federation of State, County and ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison. Under the rule that went ...

The Idaho State Correctional Center is a men’s prison housing minimum-security, medium-security and close-custody residents south of Boise. A former Idaho Department of Correction officer has been ...