Lawndale Christian Legal Center offers an alternative to prison and helped Shaq Wilson rebuild his life. Now, a new facility ...

The return of in-person visits could mean fewer video and phone calls—something that benefits families but comes at a cost to ...

A Hennepin County jail deputy is fortunate to be alive and back at work after surviving a brutal assault on the job.

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Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Theodore “Ted” D. Berger most recently worked under Cook ...

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The goal is to promote safer communities by helping young men who have been sentenced to probation find jobs, housing, and ...

But now the victim says she “felt pressured by the police to make the situation seem bigger than what it really was.” ...

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

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Two police officers were injured and a suspect was killed in a shooting outside a motel along Fulton ...

The incident took place at about 1:30 a.m. on March 24. Christian Harper, 24, is accused of punching a nurse in the face twice and kicking a Maywood police officer in the face, the Cook County Sheriff ...

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