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

Data obtained by Illinois Answers Project shows Cook County Jail used restraint chairs nearly 900 times in five years.

Chicago and Cook County officials continue to push back against the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging migrant ...

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

One of several examples the U.S. Department of Justice gave of how federal officials have been obstructed by Illinois’ ...

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

LIMA — The following defendants were sentenced recently in Allen County Common Pleas Court: Jerwond Cook, 48, of Lima, was ...

“In January 2025, federal officials issued a detainer request for an alien who was being held in Cook County jail on sexual assault of a minor ... an arrest outside of an Illinois state or local ...

A 21-year-old from Palmyra has been sentenced to jail time after he was caught street racing in northern Albemarle County ...