COOK COUNTY, Ill. ( WGN) – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a telephone scam. The sheriff’s office ...

Alton teen charged in jail attack also accused of firing at school bus ...

A grand jury indicted Timothy Eric Stone on charges of murder in the death of Vergil Angela “Jill” Cook, a beloved ...

Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County, Loyola University ...

Prosecutors on Thursday announced the indictment of a 25-year-old man they say fatally stabbed his two younger sisters in the ...

Cook County officials are taking another step in reform efforts which they say led to the elimination of cash bond in ...

Cory Ulmer died at the Cook County Jail shortly after correctional officers struck him several times and threw him to the ...

Inmates at Cook County Jail on April 16, 2025, walk to a bus that was waiting to take them to various courthouses in Cook County. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) ...

Senate Bill 2090, which required county jails in the state to implement a formal process that ensures the opportunity to vote and created the Cook County Jail polling place, was signed into law by ...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the jail doesn't just teach about democracy, it offers direct access to it. Detainees can cast their ballots in a space of reflection and redemption: the chapel.

Cook County jail detainees work with dogs Thursday as part of the jail's Tails of Redemption program. Courtesy of Cook County Sheriff “This program is a win for everyone,” Sheriff Tom Dart said.

The Cook County jail population has dropped 58% since a peak in September 2013, but operating expenditures for the jail and the sheriff’s electronic monitoring program only came down by 18% in ...