The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...

Volunteers offer help to those released from the jail; from water to transportation. It’s a challenge when discharges happen after midnight. When people are released from Cook County Jail, they don’t ...

"Our lives are not defined by the errors we make," Cardinal Blase Cupich said. He and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition offered Christian religious services Thursday, spreading messages of positivity at the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A third Cook County Jail detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, officials announced Sunday. The Cook County Sheriff's Office reported that 42-year-old Nicholas Lee died ...

CHICAGO — A Cook County Jail detainee died last Thursday after a fire in his cell, Cook County Sheriff’s officials said. Around 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, correctional officers in the residential ...

COOK COUNTY, Illinois (WBBM) -- Tails of Redemption is a program from the Cook County Sheriff's Office, pairing up inmates at the Cook County Jail with shelter dogs for their mutual benefit. Now ...

Churches and organizations in Chicago brought the spirit of the season to the Cook County Jail, with faith leaders and elected officials holding services and masses to remind inmates that they are ...

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Dart says surveillance video shows the employee walking through a gate at the time and place he claimed to slip and fall injuring his back. Sheriff Dart is calling for an overhaul of the county's ...