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Cook County Jail in Chicago under fire for inmate deaths since COVID pandemic
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years agoAt least 60 incarcerated people have died in Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the...
Judge clears way for release of man who spent more than 45 years in prison for killing Chicago...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Cook County judge on Wednesday cleared the way for the release of a man who has been in prison for...
Mother Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Murder of Twin Baby Boys Found Dead in Garbage Truck 21...
People via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Cook County Sheriff's Office told local outlets that the mother confessed to her involvement in...
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrates Christmas Mass with Cook County Jail detainees
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoChicago Cardinal Blase Cupich spent Christmas morning with detainees at the Cook County Jail,...
Search the list: Cook County’s ‘Do Not Call’ on officers to testify
Chicago Tribune· 11 months agoThe Cook County state’s attorney’s office released Monday a list current and former officers who...
A librarian’s dream helps turn a waiting area at Cook County Jail into an educational nook for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen 2-year-old K.D. walked with his aunt inside the waiting area of the Maximum Security Division...
Attorneys call on AG’s office to criminally investigate former doctor Fabio Ortega and health...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAttorneys representing former patients of OB-GYN Fabio Ortega are calling on the Illinois attorney...
95 men, women sue state of Illinois alleging 'severe' sexual abuse at youth centers
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 95 men and women who claim they were sexually abused while...
IG says Illinois state employees made up businesses, lied about income to defraud federal COVID-19...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoCHICAGO — Illinois state employees fabricated hair salons, paid others to inaccurately fill out...
College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at one of the nation’s largest jails
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoWhat began as a college credit program at DePaul University has sustained as a student-led volunteer...