A resolution calling for a review is scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the Health and Hospitals Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Advocates, elected officials and faith leaders say a ...

The Cook County board’s finance committee approved roughly $22 million in settlements Wednesday – including one to a man injured in a scooter crash involving the sheriff’s office and Chicago police, ...

The fire happened Sunday afternoon and left the inmate and 10 employees recovering at hospitals in good condition suffering from smoke inhalation.

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the successful completion of a DePaul University statistics class held at Cook ...

Kevin Bacon, who famously starred in the movie "Footloose," and his brother Michael have joined a list of performers in the Cook County sheriff's initiative to bring art to individuals in custody. In ...

An inmate and 10 correctional officers were hospitalized on Sunday afternoon after a fire was set inside a cell at the Cook County Jail, authorities said. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said at ...

A firsthand look inside Cook County Jail in Chicago, where a drug epidemic is taking hold behind bars. The video investigates how drugs are moving through one of the country's largest jail systems and ...

Jermont Terry joined the CBS 2 team in October 2019. He's born and raised on Chicago's South Side. He's happy to return home to report on his community after 18 years of uncovering stories across the ...

Cook County Jail staff found a loaded 9mm handgun during routine intake screening on July 29. The sheriff's office said 23-year-old Philip Robinson now faces additional felony weapons charges.

An inmate and 10 corrections officers were treated for smoke inhalation tonight after a fire inside the Cook County Jail Sunday evening. The Cook County Sheriff's Office said the inmate apparently set ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over a mass with Cook County inmates Sunday morning in the maximum-security ...