CHICAGO - A Chicago man being held at the Cook County Jail has been indicted after investigators said they found dozens of ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Former inmates of the Cook County Jail in Chicago took the county sheriff's office before the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday over the practice of retaining and eventually destroying ...

Chicago's main county jail is one of the largest and most notorious detention facilities in the United States. Conditions have improved in recent years. But even a short visit is enough to feel ...

Incumbent Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has much more money and name recognition than any of his three challengers for the March 18 Democratic primary. The contest has not been getting much attention.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants to get out of the electronic monitoring business. He says because of a provision of the Illinois SAFE-T Act, he is unable to properly ensure public safety.