More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois.

Trump administration officials are suing Illinois and top state officials ... several examples of men who were released from local jail custody instead of being held for ICE pickup, who then ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a sanctuary city. Accusing the officials of impeding federal ...

A Melrose, Illinois, man on mandatory supervised release from the Illinois Department of Corrections was arrested Thursday by ...

St. Augustine's Old Jail was built in 1891 to accommodate the city's criminals. Financed by railroad giant Henry Flagler, the jail was designed to blend in with the rest of the Ancient City's ...

A Sacramento man suffering from a drug overdose was neglected by a police officer, medical workers and sheriff’s deputies over the course of more than two hours before he died at a county jail ...

"Not my department. Thank God," she said. County officials and others agree there will never be enough improvement at the 34-year-old jail, a 13-story, solid-looking downtown tower with an outside ...

With the help of a drone, New York State Police and Niagara Falls police recovered a loaded handgun stolen almost 20 years ago during the arrest of Falls man Saturday night. New York State Police ...

Withers' father, Richard Withers, 40, also died from a gunshot wound. In an email Wednesday, Illinois State Police spokesperson Trooper Shafer McKune said that the investigation is "active" and no ...