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 ...

A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault them at knifepoint after one of them complained about forced ...

The arrests happened near 75th Street and Dobson Avenue, where members of the Sheriff’s Police Organized Crime Division ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share The family of a man beaten to death inside Cook County Jail has filed a wrongful death suit against the sheriff’s office, alleging they knowingly placed the man in a ...

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

The satellite location comes after years of neighbors raising concerns about crime around the Roosevelt Green Line station.

CHICAGO (AP) — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives 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 ...