Gary Marx

An elderly woman is raped in her room, and police arrest a 21-year-old ex-convict with acute psychiatric problems. When the victim is interviewed by investigators five days later, she shakes...

An inmate serving a life sentence was indicted Thursday in the murder of a cellmate as corrections officials announced tougher measures to try to prevent similar tragedies. Richard Conner was...

The University of Illinois formalized its system for tracking clouted applicants after an unqualified student with ties to ex-Gov. Jim Thompson was rejected, angering a top administrator who reversed the...

When Chicago sports radio personality Mike North returned to the spotlight in January with a new morning cable TV show, his special guests included Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz and Mayor...

Richard Conner is among the state's most dangerous inmates, a convicted murderer who was locked up in solitary confinement at Illinois' only super-maximum security prison, where the "worst of the...

Richard Conner is among the state's most dangerous inmates, a convicted murderer who was locked up in solitary confinement at Illinois' only super-maximum security prison, where the "worst of the...

An inmate was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for the first slaying in the history of Chicago's downtown federal prison. U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve gave Jason...

Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday that he has a mandate for a new state corrections director, whom he expects to name later this week: review conditions at the state's controversial...

Three days after the Tribune chronicled the murder of an inmate in the Menard Correctional Center, state prison officials announced plans to review their policies in an attempt to prevent...