CHICAGO (CBS)-- A Cook County Jail inmate switched identities with another inmate and was wrongfully released while wearing a face mask this past weekend, the Sheriff's office said. On Saturday, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – An inmate at the Cook County Jail was beaten to death on Tuesday by a fellow inmate, police said. Security personnel responded to a commotion in Cermak Hospital, a division of Cook ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. – A 23-year-old man in custody at the Cook County Jail has been indicted on a possession of contraband in a penal institution charge after he was found with strips of drug-soaked ...

Cassandra Greer-Lee lost her husband, Nickolas Lee, to COVID-19 in April 2020 while he was incarcerated in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the U.S. Lee was just the third ...

An inmate was beaten to death Tuesday morning inside the hospital wing of Cook County Jail, the sheriff’s office said. Jail security responded to a disturbance shortly after 9 a.m. and found two ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two Cook County inmates died while in custody last week, one of whom was beaten to death in the maximum security wing. The medical examiner's office says 28-yar-old Marvell Reasonover ...

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 — A Cook County correctional officer has been charged after he allegedly beat an inmate “more than 30 times” last year. Richard Smith, 44, is charged with official misconduct and aggravated ...

CHICAGO — A Cook County correctional officer has been charged after he allegedly put handcuffs over his knuckles and hit an inmate multiple times in 2021, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office ...