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 ...

Two inmates died at Cook County Jail this weekend; families demand answers as state investigators review the cases.

The family of a man who died in the Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A correctional officer at the Cook County Jail was injured Friday. The Chicago Fire Department said they responded to the jail just before 7:30 p.m. A correctional officer was ...

At Cook County Jail, the singer-songwriter, who "never figured" he'd be back, had a message for about 100 men now ...

CHICAGO (AP) — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her ...

CHICAGO — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A clinical psychologist has been picked to lead a Chicago jail that is one of the largest in the country. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart tapped Dr. Nneka (NEE’-kah) Jones Tapia to lead ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office said Monday evening that Cook County Jail has its first apparent death from the novel coronavirus. An autopsy will still have to officially confirm ...

(Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly was released from a Chicago jail on Saturday after a child support payment of more than $161,000 was made to an ex-wife, police said, ending his second incarceration in two ...