Miguel Alvarado, charged with carjacking in Oak Lawn and reckless driving in Bridgeview, was found unresponsive in Cook ...

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed. Chief ...

Cook County’s top prosecutor says electronic monitoring isn’t keeping the public safe when used for accused violent criminals ...

Now in its second decade, the Cook County Jail chess program is thriving, competing internationally and above all — it’s working. WGN News spent time at the jail to learn about the program, the method ...

The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge ...

The man charged with stealing a Bedford Park police squad car and a USPS truck, leading to a crash, has been found dead at the Cook County Jail ...

Inside-Out is a program taught in hundreds of jails and prisons across the country. DePaul’s class this quarter is about ...

He faces a felony escape charge for removing his GPS device and leaving his residence, and is currently being held in the Cook County Jail. CHICAGO - A Cook County fugitive who has been on the run ...

DePaul University is sending students into Cook County Jail to learn alongside some of the people detained there. It gives both groups the chance to learn from a DePaul professor and from each other.