Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan reports to federal prison in West Virginia

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a low-security federal prison camp in West Virginia on Monday to begin serving his 7½ -year sentence on corruption charges, an ignominious end for a ...

S.C. corrections employee accused of sexual relationship with inmate, co-worker charged with arranging meetings

A pair of workers from the South Carolina Department of Corrections after one of them allegedly was in a sexual relationship ...

Texas corrections officer arrested over alleged chicken wing deal with inmate

Deputies did not say if the exchange was part of an ongoing arrangement, nor how much cash or chicken was involved.
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The Idaho Prison Guard Who Preyed on Women—and the System That Hid His ‘Predatory’ Conduct

This is the first installment in a new InvestigateWest series called “Guarded by Predators,” exposing rape and abuse by Idaho ...

Chicken wing scheme leads to arrest of Texas corrections officer, police say

A Travis County Sheriff’s Office correctional officer was charged with allegedly bringing contraband into the county’s correctional facility. The alleged contraband: chicken wings.

Dems eye another Illinois seat

— APPOINTED: Margaret DeLaRosa has been appointed state representative in the 42nd District, filling the seat held by Terra Costa Howard, who is becoming a circuit court judge. DeLaRosa lives in Glen ...