Members of the Black Catholic Choir, Michael Hill, left, and Deborah Powell, right, sing to detainees during Cardinal Blase J. Cupich’s Christmas Day Mass at Cook County Jail on Dec. 25, 2024.

A cell in Cook County Jail. 2016 Summer/Fall Cook County Jail, MHTC, photography participants In the video above, Stahl gets a look at the cooking program and meets Bruno Abate, the Italian chef ...

Follow @NeilSteinberg. Imagine you’ve organized inmates at the Cook County Jail into a photography class. Hard to do, since most of us can’t imagine volunteering anywhere, doing anything, not ...

Two people are facing felony gun charges after a traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs, alcohol and firearms, according ...

A photo of Cook County Jail inmates shoveling snow as the city prepares for a frigid winter blast earned the ire of social media users—but the sheriff’s office clarified that the men in the ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. ( WGN) – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a telephone scam. The sheriff’s office ...

Detainee Annette Roberts, 49, reads from the book “See You Soon” as Celia Colon from Women’s Justice Institute, right, looks on at Cook County Jail in Chicago on May 5, 2022.

The Cook County Jail is one of the biggest institutions of its kind in the world, ... teaches 20 inmates at a time how to take photos. ...

Cook County jail detainees work with dogs Thursday as part of the jail's Tails of Redemption program. Courtesy of Cook County Sheriff “This program is a win for everyone,” Sheriff Tom Dart said.

Detainees on their way out of Cook County Jail will soon be able to take a key resource with them on the journey, under a first-of-its-kind ID program being launched this week by state and county ...

Jarvis Wright, who has been detained at Cook County for two years, said he’s a reader but had never been in a book club before. The 30-year-old reads at night when it’s quiet at the jail.

Lana Del Rey, the soft-singing indie musician, appeared with her suspected new boyfriend Jack Donoghue in an odd place: the Cook County Jail in Chicago. The photos were uploaded to Jack’s ...