The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

One of several examples the U.S. Department of Justice gave of how federal officials have been obstructed by Illinois’ ...

A man accused of stealing a Bedford Park cop car and USPS truck before a crash that injured two kids was found dead in jail, ...

Cook County has designated April as "Second Chance Month" to support reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals.

The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge ...

During the chase, officers say they saw Antonio pull a handgun from his waistband and toss it over a fence in the 1700 block ...

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed. Chief ...

COOK CO., Ill. - A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral ...