Lawyers Ask Judge To Hold Illinois In Contempt Over Treatment Of Prisoners With Mental Illness
Lawyers are asking a federal judge to hold the state of Illinois in contempt over the way it deals with mental illness in prisons.
Lawsuits, Crumbling Buildings, And Other Problems Await Illinois’ New Prison Director
Governor J.B. Pritzker has nominated an Ohio prison official to lead the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Illinois Prison Staff Trained On Mental Illness, But Do They Really Buy In?
The Illinois Department of Corrections on Wednesday announced most of its workers have completed mental-illness training. It's part of the settlement in a long-running legal dispute over how Illinois prisons treat inmates with mental-heath disorders.