The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own ...

Earlier this year, it seemed like Illinois was on the cusp of switching up health care in prisons. Officials had designed a plan that would assign each prison to 1 of 5 geographic zones in Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Corrections has long faced accusations of abuse and violence toward people with mental illness and has continually failed to fill positions for mental health care ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections continues to battle lawsuits over what some say is a failing health care system.

New Year' Eve doesn't just bring fireworks, parties and resolutions -- it also brings hundreds of new Illinois laws for 2025, with at least 293 new laws set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

Katz, the executive director of the independent prison monitor the John Howard Association, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the state of Illinois changing its prison health care provider.

Charles Randle, once an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center, recalled waking up one morning in that prison with a roach inside his ear.

An Illinois man caught with more than 40 pounds of cocaine in a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Nebraska last year has been ...

A physician in Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for billing Medicaid and private insurers for nonexistent and unnecessary services. Mona Ghosh, MD, owned and operated a medical clinic ...

Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in 2025, including bills pertaining to driver's licenses, health insurance and more.

The Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Committee took a critical step toward achieving long overdue state prison reform this month by voting in favor of the Earned Reentry bill. Illinois is one of 1… ...