A chance to learn a meaningful and rewarding trade is being offered to young people at the Yakima County Juvenile Justice Center, spearheaded by a longtime Yakima Valley welder. Steve Menard has been ...

The nudist charged with murdering his neighbors at their California resort allegedly told another inmate he did it over a hot dog — which he took as a cruel “jab” at him. Michael Royce Sparks, 62, is ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A former Blair County Prison inmate who planned a jailbreak in August 2023 has been sentenced to serve an additional two to four years’ incarceration. Jason Zackery Sanderlin, 24, now ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- Multiple incidents have been reported in recent weeks at correctional facilities in Illinois, some of which resulted in hospital trips for officers, staff members and others. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 10—CHESTER — Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in ...

Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in Chester on Monday, highlighting what they described as perilous working conditions at ...

CHESTER, Ill. (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Corrections responded to a picket at the Menard Correctional Center. In a statement released by a DOC spokeswoman on Tuesday, July 9, they said: “The ...

Kozletsky was arrested after crashing his semitruck on US Highway 83 in May 2020, according to the Menard County News. He was reportedly combative with first responders, including volunteer ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' most-hardened criminals are no match for COVID-19 as the virus is infecting inmates in several state prisons at a startling pace. At one state prison on Monday more than 40% ...