A 24-year-old man being held in Cook County Jail died Thursday evening after a fire broke out in his cell inside the facility ...

After the fire was put out, Martinez Duncan, 24, was removed from the cell and brought to a holding area where he became ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced that Martinez Duncan died after a fire broke out in the jail’s residential ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A visitor to the Cook County Jail was left feeling like a prisoner after he was trapped for 32 hours. The visitor was processed in to the maximum security unit of the jail Saturday ...

Tails of Redemption is a program from the Cook County Sheriff's Office, pairing up inmates at the Cook County Jail with shelter dogs for their mutual benefit. Now they're helping others as therapy ...

The Cook County Jail has its own garden for inmates to grow their own food. Now they are going one step further in their ...

CHICAGO -- Singer R. Kelly was released Saturday afternoon from the Cook County Jail after paying more than $161,000 owed in back child support, officials said. It was immediately unclear who paid the ...

The teenager accused of shooting and killing a 7-year-old boy will be transferred to a Cook County jail on his 18th birthday.

Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a brick ...

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