Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cassandra Greer-Lee lost her husband, Nickolas Lee, to COVID-19 in April 2020 while he was incarcerated in Chicago’s Cook County ...

Annette Roberts read a page from a children’s book, then carefully turned it toward a laptop camera to show its pictures. “My mama, she’s been sick since I was very small,” Roberts read from “See You ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Volunteers in Little Village are calling on the Cook County Jail to make improvements for inmates when they are released -- specifically when it is cold outside. The group hosted a ...

Illinois House Bill 4469 is an initiative that, if passed, would affect inmates throughout the state. Drafted this past January with an implementation date of 2020, the bill consists of three major ...

People who fail to pay court-ordered support to their children or former spouses can land in jail. Expanding access to lawyers for parents at the start of divorce cases could mean fewer problems in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two women who said they were victims of sexual harassment are speaking out for the first time Thursday. They are describing in graphic detail what happened while working at the Cook ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The family of a man who was killed in his cell at Cook County Jail is suing the sheriff and the county, saying 19-year-old Pedro Ruiz never should have been locked up with a cellmate ...

Sheridan Gorman's father referenced earlier claims that defendant Jose Medina has a developmental disability from a gunshot ...

Cassandra Greer-Lee lost her husband, Nickolas Lee, to COVID-19 in April 2020 while he was incarcerated in Chicago's Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the U.S. Lee was just the third ...