An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, correctional officers in the residential treatment unit of the jail ...

The family of a man who died in the Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning ...

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 sexual ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. – A 23-year-old man in custody at the Cook County Jail has been indicted on a possession of contraband in a penal institution charge after he was found with strips of drug-soaked ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office says an inmate who has been hospitalized since July 6 with pneumonia-like symptoms has tested positive for Legionnaire's disease, but says it is an ...

BUREAU COUNTY, Ill. — Editor's note: The video attached originally aired on Jan. 14. On Tuesday night, the Bureau County Board voted against housing some inmates from the Cook County Department of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 — An inmate is dead after he ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 COUNT, Ill. — A Cook County Corrections ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Dozens of claimants added their names to ongoing litigation against Illinois and Cook County on Monday, part of a legal fight against what they say is a culture of sexual misconduct at ...