These Bureau of Prisons programs teach prisoners about life, giving back and obeying the rules. Dog training programs and pickleball provide life lessons for prisoners.

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who was convicted in a federal bribery case, has requested his sentence be commuted. If his ...

Ed Burke, 81, was found guilty of federal racketeering and bribery charges in 2023 and is serving a two-year prison sentence.

Burke, 81, has filed a petition with the Office of the Pardon Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking to have his ...

On his first day back in office, Republican President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of 1,500 defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, making good on a ...

It sends a terrible message, I think, that you can storm the seat of the national government and clearly commit crimes, be ...

Imprisoned former Ald. Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely suitor: Republican President Donald Trump.

A Hobart man who served six months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was fatally shot Sunday by a ...