It doesn’t mean they’re out committing crimes necessarily,” Chief Judge Charles Beach said. “Some might be. But they’re ...

County commissioners advanced a deal to expand a network of automatic license plate readers under the sheriff’s control, ...

In a state with a long history of arresting pregnant women, one mom in custody says she was left to fend for herself.

Sheriff Tom Dart is quietly lobbying the Cook County board for an AI jail security system and nearly $1 million for license ...

The death of a Cook County Jail inmate last fall is raising questions about whether staff could have done more to save him after the medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide. Martinez ...

These books were written with a poison pen. A string of inmate deaths at an infamous Chicago jail have been linked to a terrifying new drug trend — paper laced with a deadly drug and smuggled behind ...

NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- A now-former Cook County Corrections employee was sentenced Wednesday after being found guilty in a deadly 2023 shooting outside of a Niles restaurant, according to court ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — The race for Cook County board president saw incumbent Toni Preckwinkle called the winner in the Democratic primaries on Tuesday against Chicago alderman Brendan Reilly.

Races for Cook County Board president and assessor as well as a few county board races in Lake County are among the local races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections. The hotly contested Democratic ...

HOUSING INMATES MEANT TO BE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY OF A PLAN LIKE THAT FOR MONTHS NOW. AND NOW THERE’S SOME NEW ACTION ON IT.

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COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — It’s a new twist in an ongoing battle to keep drugs out of Cook County Jail. WGN Investigates has previously reported on efforts by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to stop ...