The charge is class A misdemeanor in state of Illinois, could result in up to one year in prison for Father Carlos Martins ...

Route 66’s Centennial year adding to its legendary stature and the perfect time to explore one of the USA’s most iconic road ...

Fr. Carlos Martins, a Canadian priest, exorcist and co-host of The Exorcist Files podcast, pleaded not guilty Jan. 27 in an Illinois court to a misdemeanor charge of battery over an alleged incident ...

A Joliet man who has tattoos that say "Killinois" and "Angel Of Death" has been serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a 25-year-old man.

Governor Larry Rhoden calls it “gothic” and studies have shown it’s outdated and unsafe. Photos show a view of the current ...

Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

KELOLAND News hadn’t had the chance to bring a camera behind the walls of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in recent years ...

Utica, N.Y. — An inmate who was badly injured last month at a Central New York state prison has died, his family said. The inmate, Edward Sholtz, 22, died Sunday at Wynn Hospital in Utica ...

CROWN POINT — The Lake County Sheriff's Department is reminding Region residents its officers never will call their phones demanding payment for arrest warrants or anything similar. Sheriff ...

A Joliet grocery store and several restaurants were closed for one day as part of a nationwide protest in solidarity with immigrants in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation ...

As one of only four territorial prisons open for tours (like the infamous Alcatraz), the Old Idaho Penitentiary offers a look at life behind bars. In 1872, it started receiving criminals to its ...