Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a brick ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A second detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at Cook County Jail, officials said Thursday night. The death came on the same day a federal judge ruled against the mass ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich joined detainees at the Cook County Jail on Christmas morning to celebrate Mass and urge them to put aside fear and embrace their humanity. “It’s important for us to ...

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The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A fourth Cook County Jail detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The Cook County Sheriff's Office reported that 64-year-old Karl Battiste died at Stroger Hospital on ...