Inmates are getting the chance to learn a trade to help them find a job when they get out.

Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a brick ...

A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed around. Instead, they were ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A second detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at Cook County Jail, officials said Thursday night. The death came on the same day a federal judge ruled against the mass ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich joined detainees at the Cook County Jail on Christmas morning to celebrate Mass and urge them to put aside fear and embrace their humanity. “It’s important for us to ...

Cook County’s jailed population has shrunk by more than half over the past decade, but the massive reduction hasn’t led to big savings for taxpayers or a major boost in funding for crime prevention, a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Every year, the Rainbow Push Coalition has tried to provide a merry Christmas to inmates at the Cook County Jail. On Monday, about 200 low- and medium-level detainees had the chance to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Eleven Cook County Sheriff’s Office employees have been reassigned pending the outcome of an investigation into the ...

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