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.

Tobolski told a judge in September 2020 that he’d engaged in multiple extortion and bribery schemes, accepting more than $250 ...

Cook County will begin a three-year plan to demolish dozens of buildings at the Oak Forest Hospital site spead over 153 acres ...

After several meetings since June on the possibilities for a new jail, the Fond du Lac County Jail Ad Hoc Committee released ...

A letter stated that the elevated lead levels and presence of Legionella were detected in water at various locations in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Love was in the air Friday at the Cook County Building in the Loop. Hundreds of couples took their vows on one of the most romantic days of the year: Valentine's Day. Sealed with ...

The Rock County Board of Supervisors approved spending $161,900 for a new body scanner for the Rock County Jail.

The repairs, which consultants estimate could be done within the year, do not address any of the space needs of the jail and ...

With a state-of-the-art gym, a large open break area with an outdoor courtyard, and heated indoor parking, the renovations at ...

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

A Cook County man was sentenced to prison earlier this month for scamming his way into more than $1.5 million in small ...