Nearly 1,000 lawsuits were filed alleging sexual abuse by staffers at Illinois and Cook County juvenile detention centers.

Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.

In the shadow of Cook County Jail’s brutal red-brick facade, on May 10, dozens of Chicagoans built community and kept vigil for incarcerated mothers and caregivers separated from their families ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two corrections officers and eight inmates were injured after a fight broke out at Cook County Jail on Tuesday. Officials said there was a fight between a handful of inmates in ...

Inmates at the Cook County jail head off to bond court after their arrests the night before in Chicago, June 26, 2014.