Cook County’s top prosecutor touts increase in pretrial detention, urges electronic monitoring reform

Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and ...

Inmate dies at Cook County Jail after fire in his cell

An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said.

Man dies after fire in Cook County Jail cell

After the fire was put out, Martinez Duncan, 24, was removed from the cell and brought to a holding area where he became ...

Cook County Jail inmates training therapy dogs in Tails of Redemption program

Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend.

Maverick County jail kitchen worker arrested, accused of improper relationship with inmate

Jail officials said that enforcing boundaries between staff and inmates is critical to maintaining order and minimizing ...

Sepsis was killing them. Their jailers thought they just wanted drugs.

Inmates with a history of drug use are at particular risk of dying from untreated sepsis in US prisons and jails, USA TODAY ...
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3 Washington County jail inmates charged in murder-for-hire plot

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An inmate in the Washington County jail, being held on 20 counts of sexual assault and kidnapping, allegedly hired two other jail inmates to kill one of the victims he sexually ...

'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...
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Horrific’ video of incident at Chicago’s juvenile jail raises questions about recent trial, experts say

This story was produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in ...