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Less than half of the staff members with the Illinois Department of Corrections are vaccinated despite the mandate from Gov. JB Pritzker that all state workers in congregate care facilities get the shot.

The vast majority of people serving life sentences in U.S. prisons are men. But the number of lifers who are women has increased dramatically in recent years, and evidence suggests that many of them have complicated histories with trauma and violence that courts often overlook.

While incarcerated, Chaney’s interest turned to art — something he was unable to pursue before his conviction.

Renaldo Hudson knew he needed to change his life when he got uninvited from a death row birthday party, for scaring the other inmates.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s failure to release vulnerable prisoners from overcrowded facilities will cost avoidable loss of life behind bars and in surrounding communities, say advocates and medical professionals.

With a virus like COVID-19 that spreads easily with close contact or with large groups of people together, correctional facilities are naturally breeding grounds for the virus.