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 ...

A Cook County Jail guard is continuing to recover after he was brutally attacked by a murder suspect last March. The surprising trend shaking up the Trump administration Flying Car Street-Legal ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — It’s an ongoing problem at Cook County Jail. Officials say inmates continue to sexually harass female workers, despite repeated attempts to stop and even punish the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A statewide investigation by the Illinois Answers Project shows county jails are using restraint chairs on inmates at ... Project shows Cook County Jail used restraint chairs ...

This is happening to me,” said Cook County Correctional Officer Claudia Lanuza about the harassment. “I have no control over it. And it is not okay.” ...

Jail inmate Randy Rencher made it seem easy to escape from the Cook County Jail in June. Authorities said he broke into a corrections officer's locker, stole the uniform and walked out of the jail ...

CHICAGO | The Cook County Board agreed to pay a $950,000 settlement in a lawsuit claiming that an inmate's requests for medical attention were ignored before she died in jail in 2002. Marie O ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill requiring Texas sheriffs to help with federal immigration enforcement but only provide ...