Authorities quickly hustled convicted mass murderer Robert Crimo III out of the Lake County jail last week and to his new home at Stateville Correctional Center. Surely, Lake County corrections ...

CREST HILL, IL -- Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Will County has been called the world's toughest prison, housing 4,000 of the worst male criminals. Visitors must be "dressed ...

Police confirmed Friday Robert Crimo III was transferred to Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois after being sentenced Thursday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to ...

CHICAGO - A newly filed lawsuit accuses the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) of abandoning 21 disabled prisoners at the now-shuttered Stateville Correctional Center, despite transferring ...

Under a scenario outlined by Corrections officials and detailed by the union representing prison guards, an estimated 1,500 maximum-security prisoners housed at Stateville would be transferred to ...

After doing eight long years at the infamous Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Hammond resident Kevin Thomas knew he had to escape. The former correctional officer said he felt compelled ...

So far, Stateville officials have confirmed that of the 1,400 at the Joliet-area prison - which was built to house just over 1,200 inmates - 122 have contracted the virus and 11 have died.

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