(01/25/2012)
Cell phones in prisons have been a controversial issue for quite some time, but the Illinois Department of Corrections is now requesting information from companies regarding equipment to detect illegal cell phone calls within the prison grounds.
By Candice Dyer
(03/25/2011)
(03/25/2011)
Chicago, with its rambunctious history of Tommy-gun gangsters, political corruption, and fabled “Big Shoulders,” had to develop some sturdy, lock-and-key mechanisms for criminal justice.
(01/31/2011)
The sole American manufacturer of an anesthetic used in lethal injections said Friday that it would cease making the drug due to international constraints.
(12/27/2010)
Officials in Dekalb County are seeking bids for a $14.5 million expansion of the Dekalb County Courthouse.
(12/20/2010)
The largest public employee union in the state of Illinois recently has called for Gov. Pat Quinn to avoid selling the Thomson Correctional Center, just north of Thomson, Ill. and use it to ease overcrowding in other Illinois prisons.