Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend.

Sheriff Tom Dart’s Urban Farm Initiative at the Cook County jail has introduced composting to its existing garden.

Inmates with a history of drug use are at particular risk of dying from untreated sepsis in US prisons and jails, USA TODAY ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

Martell Haire sent the message to WISN 12 News on a platform allowing inmates to legally communicate with people outside the ...

A TWISTED teacher who sexually abused a troubled teenage inmate before “joking” that he should kill her own husband has been ...

Martell Haire is charged in the Oct. 20 deadly shooting of a 16-year-old high school student, as well as a child sexual ...

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A new report by the Orange County Corrections Department Research Unit showcasing the county facility's “Average Daily Population with ICE Detainers” found that the number of ...

Sheriff's police say a Chicago man was released on electronic monitoring after a sting operation turned up a lot of drugs, a ...

Escaped Illinois murder convict Johnell Smith III, convicted in a 2023 Milan murder case, was booked into the Scott County ...

Houston's Calen Bullock intercepted reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Josh Allen twice and the league's top defensive unit ...