A resolution calling for a review is scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the Health and Hospitals Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Advocates, elected officials and faith leaders say a ...

Maurice Hollis, 25, faces a felony charge for allegedly possessing fentanyl at Cook County Jail. Staff found pills in a pocket sewn into his pant leg during a search June 6. Hollis is in Illinois ...

The Cook County board’s finance committee approved roughly $22 million in settlements Wednesday – including one to a man injured in a scooter crash involving the sheriff’s office and Chicago police, ...

The fire happened Sunday afternoon and left the inmate and 10 employees recovering at hospitals in good condition suffering from smoke inhalation.

An inmate and 10 Cook County Jail correctional officers were hospitalized Sunday afternoon after a mattress fire.

An inmate and 10 corrections officers were treated for smoke inhalation tonight after a fire inside the Cook County Jail Sunday evening. The Cook County Sheriff's Office said the inmate apparently set ...

A coalition of more than 55 organizations wants Cook County to freeze spending on the sheriff and state's attorney amid a ...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing new felony charges after authorities said a loaded gun was found in his pants while he was being processed at the Cook County Jail last week. Cook County Jail ...

An inmate and 10 correctional officers were hospitalized on Sunday afternoon after a fire was set inside a cell at the Cook County Jail, authorities said. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said at ...