Sheriff’s officials say the Lake County Jail in Waukegan is undergoing renovations to upgrade an area in the jail containing ...

A South Carolina inmate died after being assaulted at Kershaw Correctional Institution. The death is under investigation as a ...

Police say Vazquez demanded cash at gunpoint at an Extended Stay America hotel. He was arrested and appeared in court earlier ...

At her swearing-in ceremony six months ago, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke promised a tougher approach to tackling violent crime.

Cook County Jail sits on one of the largest single-site ... (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Matthew McLoughlin, campaign coordinator for the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, said Burke ...

is temporarily suspending in-person visits at Cook County Jail. The decision comes after COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Cook County and Chicago, the CCDOC said in a news release Sunday.

An Illinois jail continues to teach democracy ... of many being temporarily held while not serving a sentence at Cook County Jail’s Division II, which still has barbed wire surrounding the ...

At Cook County Jail, behind locked doors ... accredited medical opioid treatment program at a jail in the state of Illinois, including the supervised detox. "I think as a society we have to ...

The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task ... stand trial had been scheduled for Jan. 12. At least 16 other Cook County Jail inmates have died in custody in 2023.

CHICAGO — Certain detainees leaving Cook County jail will now be given a state ID card upon release in a new pilot program announced Monday by Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois Secretary of State ...