A resolution calling for a review is scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the Health and Hospitals Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Advocates, elected officials and faith leaders say a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cook County board’s finance committee approved roughly $22 million in settlements Wednesday – including one to a man injured in a scooter crash involving the sheriff’s office and Chicago police, ...

The fire happened Sunday afternoon and left the inmate and 10 employees recovering at hospitals in good condition suffering from smoke inhalation.

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the successful completion of a DePaul University statistics class held at Cook ...

Jermont Terry joined the CBS 2 team in October 2019. He's born and raised on Chicago's South Side. He's happy to return home to report on his community after 18 years of uncovering stories across the ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over a mass with Cook County inmates Sunday morning in the maximum-security ...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing new felony charges after authorities said a loaded gun was found in his pants while he was being processed at the Cook County Jail last week. Cook County Jail ...

An inmate and 10 Cook County Jail correctional officers were hospitalized Sunday afternoon after a mattress fire.

CHICAGO - A 25-year-old man is facing another felony charge after fentanyl pills were found in a pocket sewn into his pant leg while he was in custody at Cook County Jail, according to the Cook County ...

Some Cook County commissioners are pushing for an independent review of the Cook County Jail, citing concerns about deaths, medical care and inadequate supervision. A resolution calling for the review ...