In one of Cook County Jail’s maximum security units, some detainees are given access to pens for the towering task of writing their memoirs. How these men are earning a new label: authors.
Cook County Jail
Sep 12, 2017 |
A new report from Chicago Public Schools’ legal watchdog states an alternative high school located within the Cook County Jail has been falsifying its enrollment and graduation numbers for years.
Aug 15, 2017 |
Most women in U.S. prisons and jails lack access to birth control. But for many of these women, incarceration is not the only obstacle to such care. A new program in Chicago is trying to change the trend.
Aug 8, 2017 |
Inmates at risk of substance abuse are given an overdose-reversing drug as they leave detention.
Aug 1, 2017 |
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is criticizing Cook County’s bail bond system.
Jul 26, 2017 |
Some Cook County jail detainees will be getting a little extra help when leaving the jail.
Jul 13, 2017 |
Big cuts are coming to the Cook County Sheriff's Office, including nearly 400 jail guards. “We had no way to plan for this,” said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
May 11, 2017 |
Cook County has approved hundreds of low-dollar legal settlements in connection with conditions at the Cook County Jail.
Nov 30, 2016 |
With a two-year decline in jail population, Cook County is demolishing some older jail buildings that once housed inmates.
Nov 1, 2016 |
Instead of getting arrested by Chicago police, some offenders will be diverted to a new mental health triage center on the South Side. Why city and county officials hope it helps keep people out of jail.
Oct 31, 2016 |
We bring you part two of our story on a program that aims to stop the revolving door of the criminal justice system – from inside the Cook County Jail.
Oct 25, 2016 |
Should the practice of assigning bail to defendants go away? Why a growing group of stakeholders and public officials say most defendants should simply be let out for free.
Oct 20, 2016 |
For many young men inside the Cook County Jail, violence on the streets is a daily reality. But a new program based at the jail aims to change that reality.
Sep 28, 2016 |
Four parents sued Cook County because their sons were held in juvenile detention for days without a hearing. Now that common practice is changing. Assessing the impact of that move.
Sep 1, 2016 |
Meet the author of a new book that takes an in-depth look at the challenges the justice system poses for minority defendants.
Feb 11, 2016 |
The Cook County Sheriff's Office is finding a way to keep certain criminal defendants at home and on the job, instead of in jail while they await trial. Brandis Friedman takes a look at how a two-year pilot program designed to release inmates jailed for low-level offenses is working so far.
