COOK COUNTY, Ill. – A 23-year-old man in custody at the Cook County Jail has been indicted on a possession of contraband in a penal institution charge after he was found with strips of drug ...

Surveillance footage obtained by WGN News shows an inmate being beaten for nearly a minute at Cook County Jail last year. The correctional officer accused of the beating has been charged.

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.

BUREAU CO., Ill. (KWQC) - The Bureau County Board reviewed an agreement Tuesday night that would allow the Bureau County Jail to house inmates from Cook County. The proposed Intergovernmental ...

One of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country occurred here in the Cook County Jail, with around 800 cases. About 20 people died. The murals come from an art program for inmates.