The superintendent of one of the country’s largest juvenile jails is resigning Dec. 1 after a decade-long tenure marked by ...

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For decades, allegations of child abuse and employee misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. But on Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of ...

This story is a collaboration between Injustice Watch and Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and voting rights in local governments. Renwick Wells and Mickey Mason say Chicago ...

Fresh flowers on the bench of Cook County Circuit Judge Joanne Rosado at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse change frequently. Credit: Courtroom sketch by Verónica Martinez The second floor of Cook ...

Illinois Supreme Court candidate Jesse Reyes, right, and Cook County Associate Judge Rouhy Shalabi talk to students at Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, Feb. 12, 2024. Credit: Abel Uribe ...

Griselda Vega Samuel, left, and Steve Demitro campaign on Chicago’s Southwest Side as they compete for a 14th Subcircuit seat on the Cook County Circuit Court. Credit: Photos by Alejandra Cancino and ...

The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, at 1100 S. Hamilton Ave. on Chicago’s Near West Side, holds about 200 children on average. Children as young as 10 can be held there, but most ...

Cook County Circuit Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman was reassigned from her post in the pretrial division and referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board over a text message she allegedly sent containing a ...