Illinois is examining Martinez Duncan’s death for potential criminal behavior by jail staff, according to the Cook County ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend. "It's a ...

CHICAGO — For many of these men and women behind bars, Christmas can be the loneliest day of the year. But on Thursday, churches and organizations in Chicago brought the spirit of the season directly ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over a mass with Cook County inmates Sunday morning in the maximum-security ...