Results tagged “jail”

DNA evidence linked a fifth victim to a postal worker charged with assaulting four other women, Chicago Breaking News reports. more ›

The U.S. Attorney's office filed a report on Cook County Jail today, and their findings are horrific. According to the report, living conditions in the jail violate inmates' human rights. more ›

Cook County inmates are often sent to prisons in other counties—not because of overcrowding, but to maintain prison safety, according to a Cook County sheriff's spokesman. more ›

Wednesday night's shanking at Cook County jail got us wondering: what's like to be in the pokey at 26th and California? more ›

Do we ever get to read good news about Cook County? Probably not until 2010, and even then it's a crap shoot. more ›

An inmate escaped custody at Stroger Hospital this morning, so if you see a dude running around wearing both a Department of Corrections jumpsuit and a cast...call the police. more ›

deplorable. more ›

Lauri Apple (aka Insomnia Jones, JD) took these affecting photos outside the Illinois Youth Center Chicago, a level 3 minimum security facility for juvenile male offenders on Western and Maypole. more ›