Ed Burke, 81, was found guilty of federal racketeering and bribery charges in 2023 and is serving a two-year prison sentence. The typical commutation process could take months or years, but President ...

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

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge ...

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

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday began the process of formally dismissing cases against more than four dozen Illinoisans ...

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

By Julio-Cesar Chavez, Andrew Goudsward, Jason Lange and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of Donald Trump ...

The complete list of people benefiting from Trump’s clemency was not immediately released, but over 50 people from Illinois ...

San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors, for example, recently voted to forbid local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration ... and five years in prison per immigrant involved.

Dick Durbin sent a letter to the Office of Personal Management to approve a pay raise for employees at Thomson Prison ... swiftly to approve the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) recently ...