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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The recently resigned officer sits in Cook County Jail following accusations that he illegally entered his ex's home in September and took nude photos of a rival as he slept, prosecutors said.

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. ...

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 ...

The number one reason people go to jail in Cook County? If you guessed drug possession, you're right. But violent crimes actually make up a bigger proportion than drug charges, and the number one ...

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.