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

The Wisconsin woman convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing agreed to waive extradition Tuesday in a Cook County courtroom after authorities say she fled a Wisconsin group home and was found in ...

Liberal judges who decide not to jail violent career criminals and sadistic psychopaths ought to be held liable when the ...

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

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

The superintendent of one of the country’s largest juvenile jails is resigning Dec. 1 after a decade-long tenure marked by ...

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

CHICAGO — Monday is the first day for Cook County political candidates to file nominating petitions for the March primary election. Candidates or their representatives looking to file for the March 17 ...

SNOW HILL, Md. - The mother of an inmate who took his own life in Worcester County Jail in 2021 has reached a settlement with the jail’s medical provider outside of court. According to court documents ...

A Chicago judge signed an order Wednesday prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from making arrests at Cook County courthouses, citing concerns about "fear or obstruction" while ...