CHICAGO — Two Cook County Jail detainees have been indicted on attempted murder charges after they allegedly took part in an attack on three correctional officers last week, prosecutors said.

Cook County Jail inmates claim guards allowed assault in retaliation for prior complaint about forced sex Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune Thu, May 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM UTC ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY, Ill. — A woman is facing ...

With recently introduced measures cracking down on drug-soaked papers at the Cook County Jail leading to a decline in overdose deaths, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said law enforcement’s success ...

The Institute of Politics (IOP) suspended a student-led writing workshop at the Cook County Jail (CCJ), a cohort of its Bridge program, for the rest of the academic year after multiple participants ...

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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 ...