Downstate leaders called the move “ill-advised and devastating.” ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections said Friday it’s moving forward with a plan to shut down a women’s prison in central Illinois and rebuild it south of Chicago, near the site of ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections is officially planning to rebuild its Logan and Stateville correctional centers in Will County, dashing hopes for some downstate that it would rebuild Logan at ...

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The Illinois Department of Corrections has announced plans to replace the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill with two new prisons.

(The Center Square) – Local officials are not happy about the Illinois Department of Corrections' decision to relocate Logan Correctional Center from Lincoln to Crest Hill, but a state senator from ...

SPRINGFIELD — Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln is closing, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced, moving forward with a plan to shut down the women’s prison and rebuild it south of ...