Cook County Jail

Russian Prisoners Take On Cook County Inmates In Chess Match

This was not Boris Spassky vs. Bobby Fischer. First, it was a match between prison inmates, not world class chess masters. Second, the Russians won this time.

2013/05/15

Want To Know What Cook County Jail Is Like? Check Yelp

People turn to the website Yelp for reviews of restaurants, bars, hotels, and other businesses; it turns out you also can check out reviews of jails and prisons.

WBBM Newsradio–2013/05/08

Nearly Full Now, Cook County Jail Could Be Packed This Summer

Cook County Jail is now eight inmates away from full capacity and, we haven’t even hit the summer crime wave.

2013/03/19

Correctional Officers Charged With Organizing Attack On Inmate

Two Cook County Jail guards were charged Thursday with arranging the beating of an 18-year-old inmate after he short-circuited power in the jail.

2013/02/22

Sheriff’s Office Releases Shocking Video Of Mentally Ill Inmates

Sheriff Tom Dart says he wants you to be shocked by it because he says it proves there are people behind bars who should not be there.

2013/02/13

Thurman, 28, of Melrose Park was charged after an investigation into allegations that Thurman was seeking to have the victim and her family in his pending predatory criminal sexual assault charges killed. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Jail Inmate Charged With Murder For Hire

A Melrose Park man being held at the Cook County Jail on charges that he raped an 11-year-old girl is now charged with seeking to hire a hit man to kill the girl, her sister and her mother.

2013/02/09

Part Of Jail Under Quarantine After Stomach Flu Outbreak

Part of the Cook County Jail has been placed under quarantine after an outbreak of stomach flu.

2013/02/06

Convicted killer Steven Robbins is taken back into custody on Feb. 1, 2013, two days after Cook County authorities mistakenly set him free. He had been brought to Cook County from Indiana, where he was serving a 60-year sentence for murder, and was not supposed to go free until 2029 at the earliest. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Mistakenly Released Killer Back In Custody

Authorities have captured a convicted murderer from Indiana who was mistakenly released from the Cook County Jail earlier this week.

CBS Chicago–2013/02/02

Health Forces Cardinal To Forego Holiday Tradition

Francis Cardinal George is not making his usual visits to see inmates at the Cook County Jail and hospitalized children during this holiday season.

2012/12/25

Paula Nixon, from Glenview, talks with CBS 2's Dana Kozlov about her descent into heroin addiction. (CBS)

Teen From North Suburbs Recounts Her Descent Into Heroin Addiction

Glenview native Paula Nixon was going to college, but now her future hinges on one thing: staying clean.CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports.

2012/12/17

Four of ten guitars donated to the Cook County Jail for the "Jail Guitar Doors" program, offering weekly guitar lessons to inmates. (Credit: CBS)

Dart Introduces Guitar Lessons For Jail Inmates

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart used the friendliest possible tone on Thursday to deliver the harshest possible message to inmates as he welcomed another training program to Cook County jail, this one providing guitar lessons.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/10/11

Some Cook County Jail inmates are using barber-school diplomas to get a second change. (CBS)

Barber School Gives Jail Inmates Second Chance

Some inmates who are locked up at Cook County Jail are developing new careers with combs and scissors. CBS 2′s Suzanne Le Mignot reports.

2012/10/05

4 Inmates Injured In Cook County Jail Fight

A fight at the Cook County Jail has landed four inmates in the hospital.

CBS Chicago–2012/09/28

Jail Inmates: We Were Held An Extra Day Because Of Computer Problem

Five former Cook County Jail inmates are suing the Sheriff’s office.Five former Cook County Jail inmates are suing the Sheriff’s office.

CBS Chicago–2012/09/15

Safer Crosswalks Coming To Site Where Correctional Officer Was Killed

Preliminary work begins Tuesday on safety improvements at the pedestrian crossing where a Cook County Corrections officer was killed in a hit-and-run accident this summer.

CBS Chicago–2012/09/11

A man holds on to a prison bar inside of a jail cell. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Habitual Criminal With Jail For An Address Dies In Custody On Her Birthday

Wathena Young, 48, who had an extensive criminal history, died on her birthday Sunday while in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff’s Department after being arrested for shoplifting.

2012/08/13

New Chicago Anti-Gang Strategy: No More No-Cash Bonds For Misdemeanors

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has found a new way to keep gang members off their street corners.

2012/08/12

Cook County Jail Guard Charged With Punching Inmate, Knocking Him Down

A Cook County Jail officer faces prison time for allegedly hitting an inmate and knocking him down.

CBS Chicago–2012/08/03

Suspect In Custody For County Officer’s Hit-And-Run Death

Chicago police confirm they are talking with a “person of interest” in the hit-and-run that killed a Cook County correctional officer Wednesday night.

CBS Chicago–2012/07/19

More Than 400 Jail Inmates Relocated When Air Conditioning Fails

More than 400 Cook County Jail inmates had to be shifted to different facilities Friday night when air conditioning units in the building they were housed in overheated.

2012/07/08

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