An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, correctional officers in the residential treatment unit of the jail ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman is facing a felony charge after authorities say she snuck a cellphone into the Cook County Jail and gave it to an inmate while she was working as a member of the jail's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff's deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The family of an inmate brutalized inside Cook County Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office. Attorneys representing the family of Johnny Hendrix, beaten ...

COOK COUNT, Ill. — A Cook County Corrections Deputy accused of possessing drug-soaked papers is facing new charges after authorities said she allegedly let an inmate at the Cook County jail use her ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Former inmates of the Cook County Jail in Chicago took the county sheriff’s office before the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday over the practice of retaining and eventually destroying ...

Under the authority of Sheriff Tom Dart, Cook County makes inmates who’ve already been freed by a judge, go back to jail to be processed out. Under the authority of Sheriff Tom Dart, Cook County ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office says an inmate who has been hospitalized since July 6 with pneumonia-like symptoms has tested positive for Legionnaire's disease, but says it is an ...