"Acts of violence within the Oklahoma County Detention Center will not be tolerated," said Paul Timmons, interim chief ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Theodore “Ted” D. Berger most recently worked under Cook ...

Ruth Blizard, a Binghamton resident, criticizes the Broome County Jail's ICE program, which she says could have unintended ...

El Centro police officers arrested a man at East Orange Avenue for possession of unlawful paraphernalia and possession or purchase of a controlled substance for sale. Imperial County Sheriff's Office ...

Prosecutors on Thursday said Antonio Reyes bragged about urinating on memorials set up for his alleged victims. He was ...

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

Not much is left of a once-thriving, tidy little encampment tucked inside a Cook County forest preserve in Des Plaines. Even ...

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 ...

Advocates argue detention can add to trauma for children who in many cases have already experienced problems before they ever ...