CHICAGO (CBS) – An inmate at the Cook County Jail was beaten to death on Tuesday by a fellow inmate, police said. Security personnel responded to a commotion in Cermak Hospital, a division of Cook ...

An Sydney prison inmate has landed himself in hot water, after videos of a “prison chef” using a contraband phone to film his ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A Cook County Jail inmate switched identities with another inmate and was wrongfully released while wearing a face mask this past weekend, the Sheriff's office said. On Saturday, ...

A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault them at knifepoint after one of them complained about forced sexual ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A video that has now ...

An inmate at Cook County Jail was beaten to death in the hospital wing, according to sheriff officials. Jail staff responded to commotion at 9:06 a.m. Tuesday and found two inmates fighting, a ...

CLALLAM BAY, Wash. – An inmate's attempt to heat up sausages in his toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at a Washington prison. Clallam Bay Corrections Center ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County sheriff's office was slapped with a federal excessive force lawsuit Thursday by an inmate who was beaten by a corrections officer. The video shows Randall Brown being ...

CHICAGO -- A midnight breakout from the Cook County Jail sparked a manhunt for six dangerous fugitives Sunday and raised questions about a shortage of guards at the 10,000-inmate jail. The inmates ...