Stateville opened in 1925 and has an operational maximum capacity of more than 3,000 inmates, according to IDOC. It’s been home to some of Illinois’ most well-known convicted criminals ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving ...

Stateville Correctional Center, a historic but dilapidated prison set to close and a replacement built, can be seen Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Crest Hill, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) ...

1st Illinois prison inmate dies of COVID-19, health officials say The man was imprisoned at Stateville Correctional Center, where officials say there are now 12 men who are hospitalized ...

The Illinois National Guard is sending 30 service members to help with medical care at Stateville Correctional Center, where one inmate has died from the coronavirus and at least 48 more have ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections said that U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood’s order, issued Friday, to depopulate Stateville Correctional Center is in line with its plan to replace the ...

Stateville prison in Crest Hill, Ill., where 95 men have tested positive for COVID-19. Civil rights groups are suing to force Illinois to release thousands of prisoners to slow the spread of the ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving ...