In 1998, in the tiny southern Illinois town of Tamms, Schoffner was convicted as an accomplice ... a store catering to guards from the new supermax prison next door. Inside, Glen pulled a gun and shot ...

When California started aggressively targeting prison gangs, Morris was accused of associating with one of the groups. The punishment was severe: He was sent to a special supermax unit at the ...

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For Carrie, in Logan women’s prison, it’s gratitude for “rain falling on my forehead and grass between my toes.” But when we asked hundreds of people in Illinois prisons and jails how they ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a fellow prisoner at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado ...

Several correctional officers at a northwest Illinois prison were hospitalized Wednesday after a possible exposure to an unknown substance, officials confirmed. The incident occurred at Federal ...

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a fellow prisoner at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a fellow prisoner at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado ...

Yarrington was moved from the Illinois prison to continue immigration hearings, and on Feb. 27, a judge with the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered his removal.

All were exposed in the mail room. Union leader Jon Zumkehr says mail coming into the prison is being soaked in narcotics. He’s pushing for all mail to stop coming into the prison for the time ...