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

As the man accused of killing Michael Lee Wilson four years ago has bounced from hospital and jail, time's running out for ...

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the ...

An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m.

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

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 ...

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

A Cook County man on parole for aggravated robbery has been ordered held pretrial after being charged with robbing an Oak ...

A lit, toilet-paper roll wick commonly used to smoke drugs is believed to have caused the fire, Cook County jail officials ...

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