The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office has moved hundreds of inmates to other jails in order to meet the demands of the ...

The new Cook County state’s attorney pledged to target violent crime with new pretrial detention rules and robust training ...

Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi, accused shooter in a hate crime, was found dead by apparent suicide in Cook County Jail.

Two U. of C. students are suing Cook County in federal court over claims that Sheriff Tom Dart, who oversees the jail, had ...

Sheriff Dawanna Witt will send inmates to seven nearby counties to meet a state order to keep the Hennepin County jail ...

Former Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Nicholas Trutenko ... testified that Wilson had admitted his role in the crime while they were locked up together in the county jail. So Coleman was a ...

An illegal immigrant arrested for terrorism and hate crime charges was found dead inside the Cook County Jail in Chicago over the weekend.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office is officially under new management, and Eileen O'Neill Burke has signaled a ...

The suspect, who according to prosecutors had mapped Jewish sites in Chicago, had been charged with hate crime and terrorism ...

Eileen O'Neill Burke is set to be sworn in as the new Cook County State's Attorney Monday morning, after winning the race ...

Foxx, who chose not to seek a third term as Cook County's top prosecutor, said her office worked “tirelessly to enhance the ...