Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff's deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault ...

Federal officials who want immigration agents to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.

CHICAGO — Federal authorities sent Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart subpoenas for inmates wanted for civil immigration enforcement along with letters that threatened criminal charges if the office didn’t ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The beating of a Cook County Jail guard by inmates was caught on video this past weekend—and union leaders representing correction officers now have safety concerns. Teamsters Local ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Former inmates of the Cook County Jail in Chicago took the county sheriff’s office before the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday over the practice of retaining and eventually destroying ...

The Trump administration sent similar threats to the sheriff of Minnesota’s Hennepin County, which was targeted in an aggressive deportation campaign after Operation Midway Blitz rocked the Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...

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 ...

Under the authority of Sheriff Tom Dart, Cook County makes inmates who’ve already been freed by a judge, go back to jail to be processed out. Under the authority of Sheriff Tom Dart, Cook County ...

COOK COUNT, Ill. — A Cook County Corrections Deputy accused of possessing drug-soaked papers is facing new charges after authorities said she allegedly let an inmate at the Cook County jail use her ...

BUREAU COUNTY, Ill. — Editor's note: The video attached originally aired on Jan. 14. On Tuesday night, the Bureau County Board voted against housing some inmates from the Cook County Department of ...