How the programs work An electronic monitoring device sits on a table at the discharge facility in the basement of Division V at the Cook County Jail ... to the judge to foster a “program ...

People in the throes of mental illness often end up temporarily held in the Cook County Jail. It happens so frequently ... rescinded $153 million in federal grant money for Illinois, including ...

Her mother, Elizabeth French, and fellow officer Carlos Yanez Jr. recounted Ella’s journey from foster care to the ... as a corrections officer at Cook County Jail, which her mom said was ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail never did.

A former Cook County man residing in Davenport has been arrested for allegedly trafficking in large amounts of cocaine base, ...

COOK CO., Ill. - A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral ...

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A Paulding County man has been found guilty of murder in the 2021 death of Lindsey Foster of Dallas, ...

One of several examples the U.S. Department of Justice gave of how federal officials have been obstructed by Illinois’ ...

Tellez was booked into Grant County Jail on suspicion of possessing fentanyl with intent to deliver and possession of meth with intent to deliver.

Two Grant County sheriff's deputies played a key role in convicting Mose Smith, now 43, of voluntary manslaughter in Oklahoma ...