Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a ...

Sheriff Tom Dart says Cook County Jail, with a population of about 7,500, has become a dumping ground for the poor and mentally ill. Cook County has implemented a mental health program for some ...

Reports about the use of confinement and restraint at Cook County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center dominated a three-hour hearing this week that highlighted what advocates said was ...

Cook County’s jailed population has shrunk by more than half over the past decade, but the massive reduction hasn’t led to big savings for taxpayers or a major boost in funding for crime ...

A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed around. Instead ...

CHICAGO — Surveillance footage obtained by WGN News shows an inmate being beaten for nearly a minute at Cook County Jail last year. The correctional officer accused of the beating has been charged.

Donation Options Search Search Search Officials in April declared paper to be contraband in the Cook County Jail, a move that is being questioned by advocates for inmates. Sun-Times file photo ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The beating of a Cook County Jail guard by inmates was caught on video this past weekend—and union leaders representing correction officers now have safety concerns. Teamsters ...

At least seven jail precincts across the country, including one in Cook County, have implemented in-person voting to mitigate these challenges. During the 2018 primary, less than 7% of those ...

The Cook County Jail, with more than 5,500 inmates and detainees, is one of the largest such facilities in the nation. It is one of several lockups where voting rights advocates have worked with ...

An inmate was beaten to death Tuesday morning inside the hospital wing of Cook County Jail, the sheriff’s office said. Jail security responded to a disturbance shortly after 9 a.m. and found two ...

CHICAGO (AP) — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a ...