One Joliet doctor told the I-Team he is concerned about a potential epidemic at Stateville Correctional Center due to COVID-19 outbreak there.

Advocates call for safer conditions and release for some inmates as jails including Stateville Correctional Center have become COVID-19 hotspots.

After doing eight long years at the infamous Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Hammond resident Kevin Thomas knew he had to escape.

CHICAGO — The family of a man who died while in custody at Stateville Correctional Center during an early summer heat wave sued the Illinois Department of Corrections, a prison health care ...

"On July 10, 2024, I was housed at Stateville Correctional Center," Whitehead wrote. "On this day my mother, Bonnie Whitehead, came to visit me at Stateville C.C. During our visit my mom went to ...