The Illinois Department of Corrections plans to file a permanent prison mail scanning rule by Dec. 3, but state lawmakers and advocates hope IDOC takes input seriously after months of confusion.

The Belleville-based staffer of U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, accused by the Department of Homeland Security of misrepresenting himself as a lawyer, has been fired, according to a letter to DHS from the Democratic senator.

The Illinois Supreme Court has determined people asking courts to issue certificates of innocence must prove that innocence in fact and not just be victorious on legal grounds, including prosecutorial discretion and postconviction statutory amendments.

Lester Raymind, the man who battered and attempted to kidnap a minor on February 17, has been sentenced to just under 13 years in a secure mental health facility.

Many defendants declared unfit for trial have often waited three months or longer to be transferred to a hospital – regularly exceeding the state’s deadline, an Illinois Answers Project investigation found.

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is facing a new challenge over a State Board of Elections staff finding that his campaign committee owes $9.8 million in fines for accepting campaign contributions in excess of state limitations.

Ninety-seven percent of hundreds of undocumented immigrants swept up in Chicago's recent immigration raids had no criminal record at the time of their arrest, a Department of Justice document shows.

Serial burglar Zollie L. Thomas was sentenced to 24 years in prison and remains determined to find a way to ensure he doesn't have to serve all of it.

A man has been arrested after death threats were made against an Illinois 14th Judicial Circuit judge.