Two inmates died at Cook County Jail this weekend; families demand answers as state investigators review the cases.

The family of a man who died in the Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning ...

Patrick* has been incarcerated at Cook County Jail for more than a decade while awaiting trial. In that time, he has seen ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...

A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault them at knifepoint after one of them complained about forced sexual ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A small fire at the Cook County Jail Sunday sent three staff members to the hospital. The fire broke out in a cell around 3 p.m. in Division 9 of the jail, according to the ...

Police are looking for a silver car after someone opened fire from it — toward two Cook County sheriff’s deputies early ...

Two off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s deputies were shot at early Wednesday outside Mt. Sinai Hospital. CHICAGO - A pair of ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a telephone scam. The sheriff’s office said the scam involves a caller threatening arrest unless thousands of ...

Cook County is cracking down on illegal shoulder driving with an $11 million surveillance helicopter capable of spotting ...