The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

Despite DOJ's claims, “We don’t prevent the federal authorities from coming to our jails or coming to our prisons with a ...

The man charged with murder in the death of Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer was ordered held at Cook County Jail while he awaits trial, after a judge deemed him a danger to the public.

Thanks to social media posts by the Cook County sheriff’s office, there is renewed interest in Kianna Galvin, missing since ...