Dwayne Tottleben, a 33-year-old inmate from Illinois, was shot and killed at U.S. Penitentiary Coleman in Sumter County ...

An Illinois inmate was shot and killed earlier this month at a high-security federal prison in Florida, a rare event given ...

The family of Dwayne “DJ” Tottleben, an inmate at the Coleman prison complex, is demanding answers after learning he was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New questions were being raised Tuesday night about how many inmates have actually been released from state prisons because of the COVID-19 crisis, and whether there are dangerous ...

The family of 33-year-old Dwayne “DJ” Tottleben said they were shocked to receive a call from the prison on Oct. 10 telling ...

Illinois lawmakers are criticizing the state’s Department of Corrections over a recent change to how mail is being processed ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' most-hardened criminals are no match for COVID-19 as the virus is infecting inmates in several state prisons at a startling pace. At one state prison on Monday more than 40% ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — An inmate at an Illinois prison has been convicted of murder and hate crime in the killing of a fellow inmate in 2020. Brandon Simonson, 41, of Moorhead, Minnesota, was found ...