Ex-Cook County Corrections officer sentenced in deadly shooting outside Niles restaurant

A now-former Cook County Corrections employee was sentenced Wednesday after being found guilty in a deadly 2023 shooting ...
Hoodline

Ex-Corrections Officer Sentenced 60 Years For Miraj Killing In Niles

A former Cook County corrections officer is headed to prison for 60 years after being convicted in the 2023 killing of a ...
Newser on MSN

New drug scourge in prison: ordinary-looking paper

At Chicago's Cook County Jail, the drug of choice now looks like office supplies. In a sweeping New York Times investigation, ...

No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing

Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing ...
WBEZ

Musician Michael McDermott returns to perform at the jail where he was held after drug bust

The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...
Yahoo

After two inmates die in Cook County Jail, a family seeks answers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Prisoners, civil rights attorneys call Cook County Jail a 'public health disaster' in new court filings

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of detainees, correctional officers and staff at the Cook County Jail have been infected by the coronavirus. New filings in federal court Wednesday request the release of ...