Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case ...

Two state agencies with authority over Illinois juvenile detention center operations have given the Cook County Juvenile ...

If federal authorities have arrest warrants for detainees, they can come pick them up as they have for years, the sheriff's ...

A group calling to free those who have been wrongfully convicted rallied outside as Cook County States Attorney Eileen ...

A Cook County man was arrested last week after two victims came forward and accused him of sexual assault in 2016 and 2018.

Shamone Duncan was one of two people killed in Turks and Caicos over the weekend. She was there celebrating her sister's 40th ...

Shamone Duncan, a 20-year veteran of the county’s Department of Corrections, and a man who lived in Turks and Caicos were ...

There had been calls for months to reassign Judge Thomas Nowinski to be reassigned after the stabbing that killed Lacramioara ...

Duncan served 21 years with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, most recently working inside the jail. Her sisters said it was ...

Corrections officers at the Penobscot County Jail say they're finding success stories in a place you might not expect.

Teens arrested in Sangamon County will once again be held in the area after the Juvenile Detention Center reopened. Here's ...

An Elgin man previously convicted on child porn charges is facing nearly two dozen counts of owning and distributing child ...