Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen summed up his department’s relationship to immigration enforcement, “We basically don’t play ...

Despite what construction crews have described as a brutal winter, the new jail is managing to stay on schedule.

Despite what construction crews have described as a brutal winter, the new jail is managing to stay on schedule.

Macomb County has been sending inmates to other county jails in recent weeks and soon will start farming out more of them to accommodate the renovation portion of the $229-million jail project.

Those who advocate for the restorative justice model say reducing the types of cases that are referred would cut back on the ...

He’s among 800 people who have filed complaints since May against juvenile detention centers in Illinois alleging they were ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

A Bureau County Board committee tabled consideration of an intergovernmental agreement to accept jail inmate transfers from ...

William Cook, an attorney representing Gloucester County ... reason — the county moved the Sheriff’s Office from the County ...

The offense(s) listed may be the initial booking charge or an amended charge. They are not an admission of guilt, nor do they guarantee a conviction of any/all charges listed. All parties are ...

In 2022, the Vera Institute of Justice conducted an analysis of charge-level data from the Chatham County jail, according to previous reporting by SMN. Justice Innovation Lab worked with the ...

The new building it plans to construct would have 30 affordable rental units. A 2.55 acre portion of Cook Park will be vacated for the project and rezoned from Public and Institutional to Urban ...