Disabled people who live at Cook County Jail face numerous, entrenched challenges, including limited health care and few ...

Sheriff Chris Swanson wants a new food service vendor to take over the kitchen and commissary at the Genesee County jail.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele says she feels relieved and “vindicated" after being found not ...

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

As she was taken to Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital for a blood draw, she told officers that her boyfriend's parents would hate ...

The event was hosted by the Cook County medical examiner’s office, in conjunction with Cook County sheriff’s office, Chicago police and others.

Wisconsin sheriff says woman fabricated a 40-hour ICE detention, citing hotel records, surveillance video and texts that contradict her claims.

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 ...

NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- A now-former Cook County Corrections employee was sentenced Wednesday after being found guilty in a deadly 2023 shooting outside of a Niles restaurant, according to court ...

Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing inmates and frustrating investigators. At the Cook County jail, inmates have ...

Cook County officials are warning residents to be weary of a circulating text message scam that falsely claims to require payment for unpaid charges. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Mariyana ...