After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

How the programs work An electronic monitoring device sits on a table at the discharge facility in the basement of Division V at the Cook County Jail, April, 12 2018, in Chicago. (Armando L.

Despite DOJ's claims, “We don’t prevent the federal authorities from coming to our jails or coming to our prisons with a ...

The sheriff launched the electronic monitoring program in 1989 to reduce overcrowding in the Cook County Jail. It was intended ... of the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, argued that ...

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Narcan, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, is now available in vending machines in various Cook County facilities ... at the Cook County Jail and in Cook County ...

(WLS) -- The man charged with stealing a police squad car and a U.S. Postal Service truck, leading to a crash in the south suburbs last month, was found dead at the Cook County Jail on Sunday ...