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

New Cook County Correctional Center, Chicago, Illinois (I guess if I ever break the law, I'd better do it in Illinois! Homeless people should have it so good!) Once again the taxpayer gets stung.

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

Chicago, IL, April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cook County Health’s (CCH) Cermak Health Services has earned accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) for ...

A representative from Cook County could not be reached for comment Thursday. “Safety within the Cook County Jail for all persons who enter the facility is the highest priority for the Cook ...

The officer most recently worked in the jail’s Residential Treatment Unit, the wing for inmates who need medical or mental health attention, and Cermak Hospital, the on-site medical center, Cook ...

At the Cook County jail, two months ago, 38 prisoners and 30 staff were COVID positive. One month later the total had tripled. Tuesday night, the number of prisoners and staff COVID positive is ...

Cook County Jail Running Transition Center For Mentally Ill Inmates. May 28, 2015 / 10:16 PM CDT / CBS Chicago (CBS) – It's giving new hope to a select group of inmates at Cook County Jail.

April 13, 2010 (CHICAGO) Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Justice Department cited the Cermack Health Facility at the Cook County Jail for various problems.

Tyrone Cook (far right) teaches a psychoeducation class at the Cook County Jail's Mental Health Transition Center. What was once a boot camp has been turned into a therapeutic center for the inmates.