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

Patrick* has been incarcerated at Cook County Jail for more than a decade while awaiting trial. In that time, he has seen ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call for clarity on the circumstances of his death. Shamire Jackson, 35, ...

1921: Three days before he was scheduled to be hanged, “Terrible” Tommy O’Connor and two other prisoners escaped from jail in Chicago and were never seen again. 1945: Henrietta Bradberry earned her ...