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

Dane County Jail is urging deputies to be extra cautious with incoming mail due to a warning from Cook County Jail.

Board members also expressed concern that the already overcrowded Cook County Jail could be where many patients unable to find alternative sources of treatment ultimately end up.

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

A new batch of complaints filed Tuesday include 107 new cases of alleged sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers and the Cook ...

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

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 ...

After months of planning and discussion, the Cook County sheriff’s office starting Tuesday will no longer accept new electronic monitoring participants, marking the beginning of a shift in one ...

CHICAGO — Now in its second decade, the Cook County Jail chess program is thriving, competing internationally and above all — it’s working. WGN News spent time at the jail to learn about the ...

Cook County’s expansive electronic monitoring program also meant someone had to sift through a stream of movement requests, which are required anytime someone on a monitor wants to leave home.