The performance will use a sonic sculpture — made of glass rods cast from iron prison bars — to express what liberation ...

Cook County Jail detainee died from aggressive restraint, withheld medical care, lawsuit alleges Last year, Cory Ulmer died at the Cook County Jail shortly after correctional officers struck him ...

Nearly 1,000 lawsuits were filed alleging sexual abuse by staffers at Illinois and Cook County juvenile detention centers.

Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois ...

Cook County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scam asking for payments The Cook County Sheriff's Office is warning about a new phone scam aiming to con people out of thousands of dollars.

Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers. That's according to attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits ...

Cook County’s Board of Ethics fined Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele and aides for a series of breaches this week, finding that she provided confidential information to the press ...

A fugitive who escaped custody at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in May appeared surprisingly pleased with his ...

"All I ask, I don't care who you are, just let my baby go, please," Julia Balfour, Hudson's sister, said at a news conference Saturday night. "I just want my son." Hudson's mother ...

There were new calls Tuesday to shut down the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Broadview facility.

If you're looking to get outdoors, there are some good options close to home thanks to The Forest Preserves of Cook County.