Connecticut lawmakers are considering a proposed law that would give incarcerated survivors of domestic violence the ability to seek a sentence reduction if violence or abuse suffered by such ...

President Donald Trump ordered a halt to gender-affirming medical care for transgender prisoners in federal custody, and to ...

On March 8 — International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois. A crowd of coaches, families and high school flag football ...

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 57 years in state prison for the attempted murder ... but were followed to her home by a member of the Illinois State Police, officials said.

An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health episode to attack police officers. Democratic state Rep. Lisa Davis ...

(Kevin Rivoli/The Citizen via AP) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job were barred Tuesday from being hired for other state jobs ...

A tailoring course for women inmates was inaugurated on Monday at the Special Prison for Women, Hyderabad, aiming to equip them with vocational skills and financial independence for a better ...

DuBois must register as a sex offender, according to court records. The judge recommended that he receive an assessment for sexual offender treatment at the state prison. Part of his minimum sentence ...

How many state employees are in Illinois? Illinois employs more than 76,000 people at state agencies and departments, according to a 2022 report from The State Journal-Register. These agencies and ...

She is now the only woman on the state ... women are judged for their actions—rather than their failure to embody unattainable “feminine” ideals. Sandra Babcock is a Clinical Professor at Cornell Law ...

In two weeks, voters will decide whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court remains under liberal control or flips to a conservative majority with the ideological balance up for grabs ...