We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...

A second Joliet man, Ryan Gooch, 19, has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month on Youngs Avenue. Gooch faces ...

Ryan Gooch, age 19, was taken into custody by members of the US Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force at a house in Joliet ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Will County's judges continue to utilize the Illinois SAFE-T-Act to keep Joliet citizens accused of violent crimes locked up ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

Now, almost three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release Robert Johnson later this month.

He's among 800 people who have filed complaints since May against juvenile detention centers in Illinois alleging they were ...

A Joliet man is behind bars after allegedly opening ... dog in the southwest suburbs last year was sentenced to one year in prison. A federal jury has convicted a Bolingbrook man who acted as ...

There are plenty of Penny's Place locations all across Illinois, with the highest density in and around Chicago. Joliet has a Penny's Place that is located at 2419 W Jefferson Street. It is around 10 ...

Father Carlos Martins of Detroit, host of The Exorcist Files podcast and author of a book of the same title, was charged this month with misdemeanor battery in Illinois over the alleged Nov. 25 ...

CHICAGO — Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new ...