Deputy Shannon Cook retires after 25 years at the Butler County Sheriff's Office with a record of bravery and service, ...

Cook County Jail inmates claim guards allowed assault in retaliation for prior complaint about forced sex Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune Thu, May 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM UTC ...

(KWQC) - The Bureau County Jail Board has come to a decision on a proposal to house Cook County inmates at the Bureau County Jail. It’s been a topic that’s gathered a lot of public attention ...

The means staff are constantly rotating inmates to use the whole building. One solution that's been proposed is having the jail hold some detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections.

On Tuesday night, the Bureau County Board voted against housing some inmates from the Cook County Department of Corrections. Cook County covers Chicago's metro area and is the second-most ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The beating of a Cook County Jail guard by inmates was caught on video this past weekend—and union leaders representing correction officers now have safety concerns. Teamsters ...

CHICAGO | The Cook County Sheriff's Department is sending out crews of jail inmates to tear down abandoned buildings that have become magnets for crime. The department in recent weeks has deployed ...

CHICAGO (AP) — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a ...

Since cash bail ended, the inmate population of the Cook County jail has dropped from 5,419 ... If you get such a call, ask for the caller’s name, badge number and phone number, and then hang ...

Walton lost his mother and brother to opioid overdoses. He and his fellow inmates are part of the Cook County Sheriff's Men's Addiction Recovery Treatment, or SMART, program, working to cut ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. – For years, Chicago’s Safer Foundation has worked with former inmates to help rebuild their lives after serving time. Step one, always, is to get an ID. Now, inmates leaving ...

An inmate was beaten to death Tuesday morning inside the hospital wing of Cook County Jail, the sheriff’s office said. Jail security responded to a disturbance shortly after 9 a.m. and found two ...