Kurt Johnson, a 55-year-old fraudster who is being housed at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, is accused of piling billions of dollars of debt on the backs of two prison officials.

Like the other 28 communities known to be named Marion in the United States, Marion, Ill., got its name from the Revolutionary War general, Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion, whose use ...

On Oct. 22, 1983, inmates aligned with the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang murdered two corrections officers at the United States Penitentiary near Marion, Ill.

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced an inmate housed at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Marion in Illinois has died after testing ...

MARION -- According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a United States Federal Prison guard in Marion has been caught in an FBI sting targeting those seeking to have sex with minors, ...

MARION, IL (KFVS) - A Marion, Illinois woman was sentenced to four months in prison for providing contraband to an inmate. According to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald S ...

Hollingsworth should know after serving a few months as the first female warden of the United States Penitentiary at Marion. Appointed April 27, Hollingsworth is one of 27 female wardens in the ...

An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to an additional term of roughly six years and four months for brandishing two handmade weapons ...