Cook County Jail inmates claim guards allowed assault in retaliation for prior complaint about forced sex ... court records show. Originally Published: May 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM CDT.

RELATED: Cook County Jail Inmates Escape Restraints On Buses. Around that time, ... The jail houses a total of about 5,700 total people, records show.

Cook County inmate indicted after being caught with drug-soaked paper. Story by Maggie Duly ... Richard Lopez was found with a burnt tube of paper on him during a pat-down search on May 16.

A 23-year-old man in custody at the Cook County Jail has been indicted on a possession of contraband in a penal institution charge after he was found with strips of drug-soaked papers in his pants.

In February, 1,553 incarcerated individuals voted in the city and county’s elections, up from 434 voters when inmates could only vote via absentee ballots during Chicago’s April 2019 runoff ...

Inside the Cook County Jail, a wheelchair can be a weapon. An inmate in a wheelchair can remove a handrail and turn it into a club. A seat-adjustment handle can be fashioned into a shank.

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Cook County Jail inmate, who swallows any metal objects he can find, has cost taxpayers millions of dollars. 2 Investigator Dave Savini first exposed the problem years ago.Since ...

Authorities are investigating after a Cook County Jail inmate died at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday. Michael O’Connor, 33, was housed in the jail’s ...

A 23-year-old man in custody at the Cook County Jail has been indicted on a possession of contraband in a penal institution charge after he was found with strips of drug-soaked papers in his pants.

Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. A big chunk of its voters don’t cast ballots at an elementary school gym or a library — they vote from jail. Voting at the ...