Federal authorities sent Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart subpoenas for inmates wanted for civil immigration enforcement along ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman is facing a felony charge after authorities say she snuck a cellphone into the Cook County Jail and ...

Federal officials who want immigration agents to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Tom Dart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff's deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault ...

In a new tactic, federal immigration officials recently started saying they would criminally charge the elected county ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Former inmates of the Cook County Jail in Chicago took the county sheriff’s office before the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday over the practice of retaining and eventually destroying ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The beating of a Cook County Jail guard by inmates was caught on video this past weekend—and union leaders representing correction officers now have safety concerns. Teamsters Local ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office says an inmate who has been hospitalized since July 6 with pneumonia-like symptoms has tested positive for Legionnaire's disease, but says it is an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...