Changes are coming to the Cook County court system’s troubled electronic monitoring program. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill ...

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

Speaking at the City Club of Chicago on Tuesday to mark her first year as the county’s top prosecutor, O’Neill Burke said her ...

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

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

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

Inmates with a history of drug use are at particular risk of dying from untreated sepsis in US prisons and jails, USA TODAY ...

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

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 ...

Family sues Sacramento County and Sheriff’s Office over inmate Barabino death Lawsuit alleges staff ignored screening, monitoring and treatment for withdrawal risks Case spotlights Mays consent decree ...

Former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee Kevin Walker, center, sits at the defense table with his attorneys during his trial on Oct. 31, 2025. He was found not guilty of ...