When ICE was created, Congress gave the agency substantial authority over how immigrants who do not have a legal status in the United States are detained and deported ...

Two people are facing felony gun charges after a traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs, alcohol and firearms, according ...

The Cook County Sheriff's Office warns of a scam where callers pose as law enforcement and demand $9,500 for missing a ...

A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault them at knifepoint after one of them complained about forced ...

BUREAU COUNTY, Ill. — The same year that Bureau County finished its new jail, Illinois eliminated cash bail. That means fewer people wait for their trials in jail. "Just like a house, if it's ...

The board voted 11 to six against the proposal. The deal, put forward at a Bureau County Board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14, would have sent up to 50 of Cook County's inmates to the Bureau County Jail.

These complaints are not the first time the Cook County Sheriff's Office has been accused of illegally destroying or retaining county jail inmates' property. Plaintiffs in a 2007 complaint said they ...

Deputies announced last Friday, Aug. 16, that a Cook County Corrections Deputy faced a possession charge after allegedly being found with dozens of drug-soaked sheets of paper.

The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department late Wednesday released the personnel file of former deputy Sean Grayson, who is accused of the murder of Sonya Massey. Massey was shot to death in her home ...

The Cook County Jail detainee, identified as 51-year-old Leslie Pieroni, was pronounced dead on Thursday night at St. Anthony Hospital, where he had been treated since April 3.

Authorities are investigating after a Cook County Jail inmate died at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday. Michael O’Connor, 33, was housed in the jail’s ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. – In the first program of its kind in the country, inmates leaving Cook County Jail will soon receive free state identification cards.