Seven women filed federal lawsuits against correctional officers and internal investigators at Logan Correctional Center. Their attorney Elizabeth Payne calls the pattern of sexual abuse “an epidemic.

This issue means that the department does not know what percentage of former inmates have committed new crimes after their ...

Bryana E. Phelan, 31, was charged with 15 counts of official misconduct, a felony, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said last November, Phelan was working as a ...

For close to two months, Attorney General Jason Miyares has campaigned on the 2023 death of a nurse practitioner who was struck by a car while backing out of her driveway in South Richmond. Miyares ...

JACKSONVILLE — A Jacksonville man surfaced from a dumpster-diving session with an abandoned set of cremated remains that he and the county coroner's office now are hoping to reunite with the woman's ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, (KOKH) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections Executive Director Stephen Harpe has announced his resignation, which will be effective starting Sept. 30, 2025. Harpe has served as ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) - On Wednesday, KRDO13 investigates uncovered a contract agreement between the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) and the Cotter Family Funeral Services. A spokesperson ...

BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WCHS) — Kentucky State Police are searching for two escaped inmates. Billy Wayne Potter, 32, and Steven Lee Spencer, 22, escaped from the Bell County Forestry Camp, according to a ...

A man remains missing on Monday after going swimming in Lake Michigan near Highland Park over the weekend. On Saturday, around noon, Highland Park police and firefighters responded to a call about a ...

The day before he’s scheduled to testify before state lawmakers about inmate deaths in prisons, Ryan Thornell, Arizona’s director of corrections, is touting new safety measures. The hearing stems from ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas inmates will begin receiving most of their mail digitally starting this fall, according to the Arkansas Division of Correction's (ADC) website. ADC will begin transitioning to ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Rescue crews spent nearly six hours searching for a missing swimmer ...