Data obtained by Illinois Answers Project shows Cook County Jail used restraint chairs nearly 900 times in five years.

A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually ...

As questions continue to swirl over a puzzling investigation in the northwest suburbs, new details are emerging about the ...

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

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

Lavette Mayes had already spent 425 days locked up in the Cook County jail when she found herself ... because she thought she had a great shot at actually beating her case. But, she says ...

“In January 2025, federal officials issued a detainer request for an alien who was being held in Cook County jail on sexual ...

Antonio Reyes, 21, was flanked by four Cook County sheriff’s deputies as he stepped into Judge Mary M. Brosnahan courtroom wearing a green jail jumpsuit, his arms and face covered in tattoos.