When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Will County's judges continue to utilize the Illinois SAFE-T-Act to keep Joliet citizens accused of violent crimes locked up ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

Now, almost three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release Robert Johnson later this month.

He's among 800 people who have filed complaints since May against juvenile detention centers in Illinois alleging they were ...

A Joliet man who has tattoos that say "Killinois" and "Angel Of Death" has been serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a 25-year-old man.

A Joliet man is behind bars after allegedly opening ... dog in the southwest suburbs last year was sentenced to one year in prison. A federal jury has convicted a Bolingbrook man who acted as ...

Giovanni Simpson, 18, was arrested Friday at his workplace in Channahon in connection with a Jan. 18 shooting in Joliet. He faces charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WTVO) — Will County State’s Attorney’s Office sentenced Tamica Neal, 45, to 1 year in prison for fatally stabbing a dog in 2024. On March 17, 2024, Crest Hill Officers were called to the ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WTVO) — Will County State’s Attorney’s Office sentenced Tamica Neal, 45, to 1 year in prison for fatally stabbing a dog in 2024. On March 17, 2024, Crest Hill Officers were ...

JOLIET, Ill. - A Crestwood woman who fatally stabbed a dog in the southwest suburbs last year was sentenced to one year in prison ... "That is why I wrote the Illinois Animal Torture Statute ...