Cook County officials are taking another step in reform efforts which they say led to the elimination of cash bond in ...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man being held at the Cook County Jail has been indicted after investigators said they found dozens of pieces of drug-soaked paper in his pants. Keon Brown, 22, was indicted ...

CHICAGO — A woman who allegedly smuggled opioid-soaked papers into Cook County Jail is the 39th person to smuggle or possess drug papers at the jail so far this year. On April 25, Jada Henry, of ...

Cook County Jail sits on one of the largest single-site complexes in the country, though some of it is unused amid the population shrinkages over the years.

Senate Bill 2090, which required county jails in the state to implement a formal process that ensures the opportunity to vote and created the Cook County Jail polling place, was signed into law by ...

A Cook County jail detainee died Friday, officials said. Ahmad Abed, 32, of Bridgeview, suffered an apparent medical emergency shortly before 1 p.m. in the Residential Treatment Unit of the lockup ...

CHICAGO — A woman who allegedly smuggled opioid-soaked papers into Cook County Jail is the 39th person to smuggle or possess drug papers at the jail so far this year. On April 25, Jada Henry, of ...