"Our lives are not defined by the errors we make," Cardinal Blase Cupich said. He and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition offered Christian religious services Thursday, spreading messages of positivity at the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A visitor to the Cook County Jail was left feeling like a prisoner after he was trapped for 32 hours. The visitor was processed in to the maximum security unit of the jail Saturday ...

Churches and organizations in Chicago brought the spirit of the season to the Cook County Jail, with faith leaders and elected officials holding services and masses to remind inmates that they are ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A fourth Cook County Jail detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The Cook County Sheriff's Office reported that 64-year-old Karl Battiste died at Stroger Hospital on ...

Cook County Jail isn’t just a detention center—it’s a reflection of Chicago’s deepest institutional failures. Over decades, ...

A program led by Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke will use $1 million in new funding to provide academic and ...

Volunteers offer help to those released from the jail; from water to transportation. It’s a challenge when discharges happen after midnight. When people are released from Cook County Jail, they don’t ...

The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is rolling out a tightly focused new experiment on Chicago’s West Side that ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested after deputies found two guns during a court-ordered eviction at his South Side home. Officers recovered a loaded fully automatic pistol and a stolen AK-47-style rifle.