Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s ...

A federal lawsuit claims a Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office deputy withheld audio of a shooting for around two years while a ...

A Cook County official who was charged with driving under the influence in November of 2024 was found not guilty Tuesday.

CHICAGO (WGN) — A program run by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) called Tails of Redemption is helping detainees and dogs find purpose and build new skills together. Sheriff Tom Dart, who ...

SAN ANTONIO — Officials are investigating the Tuesday death of a 24-year-old man at the Bexar County jail whom authorities believe may have died by suicide. County officials said preliminary findings ...

Fulton County leaders approved $1.3 billion for a new special purpose jail facility and renovations to the current jail. The plan aims to end overcrowding that has led to stabbings and deaths, but the ...

After more than a year in jail, a man with intellectual disabilities has been transferred to a state-supported living center, reuniting with his family and raising broader concerns about gaps in care.

SEATTLE — Seattle police say a series of booking denials at the King County Jail forced officers to guard suspects at a hospital over the weekend, straining already thin patrol staffing and prompting ...

David Chiko, one of the former high-ranking officials in Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office who was implicated in an alleged ghost-payrolling scheme in 2022, was allegedly involved in misconduct ...

These books were written with a poison pen. A string of inmate deaths at an infamous Chicago jail have been linked to a terrifying new drug trend — paper laced with a deadly drug and smuggled behind ...

The Allegheny County jail last week began paying people who work while they're incarcerated in the facility, nearly half a decade after county leaders first floated the idea. Participants in what jail ...