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

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

died in a Cook County Jail Sunday afternoon, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. Miguel Alvarado, 36, was found unresponsive in the shower area of the residential treatment facility ...

(WLS) -- The man charged with stealing a police squad car and a U.S. Postal Service truck, leading to a crash in the south suburbs last month, was found dead at the Cook County Jail on Sunday ...

The sheriff launched the electronic monitoring program in 1989 to reduce overcrowding in the Cook County Jail. It was intended to monitor “low-level, nonviolent offenders” and ensure they ...

The sheriff launched the electronic monitoring program in 1989 to reduce overcrowding in the Cook County Jail. It was intended to monitor “low-level, nonviolent offenders” and ensure they ...

“In January 2025, federal officials issued a detainer request for an alien who was being held in Cook County jail on sexual assault of a minor charges,” the DOJ said. “Pursuant to Cook ...

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