On April 1, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office began shuttering one of the country’s largest and most restrictive electronic monitoring programs.

People with mental illnesses are far likelier to be victims than to commit crimes. But a small number of unprovoked, midday ...

Miguel Alvarado, charged with carjacking in Oak Lawn and reckless driving in Bridgeview, was found unresponsive in Cook ...

Cook County’s top prosecutor says electronic monitoring isn’t keeping the public safe when used for accused violent criminals ...

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

Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and she ...

The man charged with stealing a Bedford Park police squad car and a USPS truck, leading to a crash, has been found dead at the Cook County Jail ...

A Chicago man charged with four felonies, including unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon and possessing oxycodone with the intent to deliver, will remain in the Ogle County Jail as his case ...

A fugitive wanted in DuPage County on a series of charges was arrested Friday after he was found hiding in the basement of a ...

SHAMOKIN – Music and dancing will hold the audience’s attention as women in the Cook County Jail, including Roxie Hart and ...

In California, an antitrust lawsuit is arguing that the insurance companies that underwrite bail bonds have for decades ...