Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants to get out of the electronic monitoring business. He says because of a provision of the Illinois SAFE-T Act, he is unable to properly ensure public safety.

A Chicago man already behind bars is now facing multiple murder charges for a series of fatal shootings that took place in ...

Antonio Reyes, now 21, has been held since late 2020, already charged with one killing earlier that year. This week, CPD ...

The same year that Bureau County finished its new jail, Illinois eliminated cash bail ... would send up to 50 of Cook County's inmates to the Bureau County Jail. The county would then receive ...

Jones was hired as a Cook County deputy in June 2019 and has been injured on duty status since July 15. Her injury resulted from trying to intervene in a fight between two inmates at the jail.

One of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country occurred here in the Cook County Jail, with around 800 cases. About 20 people died. The murals come from an art program for inmates.

Mathis, who escaped from the jail the previous day. Mathis rode out of jail aboard a truck, which contained inmates’ dirty laundry. Pardoned former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested in ...