CHICAGO (CBS) --A Cook County jail inmate died on Christmas. The Cook County Sheriff said correctional staff found Michael O'Connor unresponsive in his cell. O'Connor was ordered to be held for ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – An inmate at the Cook County Jail was beaten to death on Tuesday ... and the manner of death to be a homicide. The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task Force is investigating.

A Cook County man is behind bars after authorities say they found a loaded gun and suspected marijuana in his car during a ...

The arrests happened near 75th Street and Dobson Avenue, where members of the Sheriff’s Police Organized Crime Division ...

The Cook County Jail on Tuesday reported its first case of monkeypox, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. The individual was reportedly immediately isolated and contact ...

Andy Grimm / Chicago Sun-Times Share The Cook County Jail population has dipped below 5,000 for only the second time in nearly four decades, a drop experts are linking to Illinois’ historic ...

The satellite location comes after years of neighbors raising concerns about crime around the Roosevelt Green Line station.

A correctional officer at the Cook County Jail was injured Friday. The Chicago Fire Department said they responded to the jail just before 7:30 p.m. A correctional officer was transported to ...

At her swearing-in ceremony six months ago, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke promised a tougher approach to ...

Cook County’s jailed ... a former longtime city of Chicago inspector general. Some advocates for reducing the jail population — including County Board President Toni Preckwinkle — have ...