In an effort to enhance safety and crack down on smuggling, the Lake County jail will soon be moving to an electronic mail ...

The musical tells the story of Roxie Hart, played by Strictly Come Dancing star Janette Manrara, with Sinitta as Mama Morton.

In another example given, the DOJ claims an illegal alien that federal officials were obstructed from picking up in a jail was subsequently let out in 2024. That individual was then arrested on a ...

BULL BY THE HORNS: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused former Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday of executing a “new-liberal” ...

One of several examples the U.S. Department of Justice gave of how federal officials have been obstructed by Illinois’ ...

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 ...

In addition to raising the age that kids can be detained from 10 to 12, starting in mid-2027 the bill would also raise the ...

In her first interview since the incident, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele explained what led up to ...

He was arrested shortly after, and police recovered the loaded weapon. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Garcia with: Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony ...

Illinois spent an average of $49,271 on each ... People in the throes of mental illness often end up temporarily held in the Cook County Jail. It happens so frequently that Dart says the jail ...