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

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop delves into the latest court ...

The U.S. Department of Justice says Illinois released several noncitizen migrants who were later arrested for subsequent ...

A father–daughter duo is planning a dream vacation after winning $3 million with a scratch-off lottery ticket purchased at a ...

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

Cook County has designated April as "Second Chance Month" to support reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals.

A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana ...

Not much is left of a once-thriving, tidy little encampment tucked inside a Cook County forest preserve in Des Plaines. Even ...

CHICAGO — Cook County is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of what language they speak. Starting Tuesday, people who may not speak English but need help from the ...

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