Although many of them had criminal records, most people who died in custody had not been convicted of the crime they were in ...

Braidwood police arrested 30-year-old Hugo Sanchez-Cervantez making him one of the first Will County Jail inmates for 2026.

Cook County Sheriff's Police are asking for the public's help finding a missing man from unincorporated Stickney Township.

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a ...

The number of opioid overdose deaths and homicides dropped in Cook County last year. Preliminary data show that Cook County ...

In his first month as Cook County’s new chief judge, Charles Beach said he has worked to improve transparency, strengthen ...

Dolton and Harvey tied for the most homicides with seven each, though the south suburbs saw a 35% decrease in homicides in ...

The Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the deadly hit-and-run of ...

An unresponsive inmate was found in a cell about 12;25 p.m. Sunday when a Clinton County Jail correctional officer was ...

Drug overdoses are suspected in the Monday deaths of two Spokane County Jail inmates, according to the county government’s spokesperson. Officials are investigating the deaths and how drugs were ...

U.S. marshals joined the manhunt after three inmates escaped the DeKalb County Jail during a routine security check. Authorities warned the fugitives may be armed and dangerous, with one escapee ...