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 ...

Any inmates who are not currently serving a sentence — which includes nearly all Cook County Jail inmates, ... polling place inside Division 11 of the Cook County Jail, March 25, 2023, in Chicago.

Each time an inmate is attacked in jail, it's taxpayers who foot the bill for their injuries and lawsuits against the county. Last year, the jail spent nearly $90 million on medical care for inmates.

Cassandra Greer-Lee lost her husband, Nickolas Lee, to COVID-19 in April 2020 while he was incarcerated in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the U.S. Lee was just the ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--Inmates at the Cook County Jail will compete in an online chess tournament.It's part of the "Chess for Freedom Program." The two-day event will include 43 teams from 31 countries ...

Inside the Cook County Jail, a wheelchair can be a weapon. An inmate in a wheelchair can remove a handrail and turn it into a club. A seat-adjustment handle can be fashioned into a shank.

An inmate in Chicago was fatally beaten in the Cook County Jail's hospital wing. The inmate was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Inmates at the Cook County Jail attended a special Mass on Sunday morning led by Cardinal Blase Cupich, who reminded the men there is “goodness in each one of us” and that they are “not ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. ... Today in Chicago ...

An inmate votes at an early voting polling place inside Division 11 of the Cook County Jail Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS) ...

CHICAGO — Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. ... Voting at the Cook County Jail has risen sharply since the jail added pioneering in-person polling places in 2020.