A prison probation officer who posed a "significant risk to prison security" by failing to mention her relationship with a ...

What was the sentence? Freeman, a former Belleview Police officer, age 56, admitted to violating the terms of his probation.

Probation officers have maintained for years that conditions at the county’s juvenile halls are too dangerous, leading to callouts and large numbers of staffers on medical leave.

The SORT officer’s safety was not in danger, nor did anyone come at him aggressively, Shive argued. And Shive is concerned that investigators seem to be blaming Katherine for what happened to her.

Within the vast professional arena of criminal justice, probation officers serve a unique and critical function. In a broad sense, probation officers are the eyes and ears of the court when it comes ...

The Cook County probation department for the first time plans to equip some if its officers with body cameras, a move that follows allegations that rogue officers had planted drugs, stolen money ...