A former Hamilton County corrections officer has been sentenced after being found guilty of having sex with an inmate.

A former Hamilton County corrections officer will spend 9 months in prison after he was convicted of sexual battery against a female inmate.

The commissioner of the state's prison system testified in Albany on Thursday, and said the disturbance at Collins Correctional Facility was a symptom of critical understaffing.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

Quincy Scott's sentence was handed down during a Thursday afternoon hearing. He was convicted of ordering an inmate to ...

The Collins Correctional Facility remains on lockdown as of Wednesday evening after an incident earlier in the day.