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

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

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail never did.

In another example given, the DOJ claims an illegal alien that federal officials were obstructed from picking up in a jail was subsequently let out in 2024. That individual was then arrested on a ...

Chicago Reporter celebrates National Poetry Month by talking with writers from Chicago whose lives have been greatly impacted ...

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed. Chief Judge Timothy Evans' office has acknowledged it will need more than 150 ...

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

A Cook County man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after a McLean County jury found him guilty of injuring another ...

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