CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office says an inmate who has been hospitalized since July 6 with pneumonia-like symptoms has tested positive for Legionnaire's disease, but says it is an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend. "It's a process. It takes time. But little by little, they start ...

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CHICAGO -- Five inmates were injured during a fight at Cook County Jail Friday, jail officials said. Officials said a fight broke out around 1:30 p.m. among inmates in the jail's super-max division.

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over a mass with Cook County inmates Sunday morning in the maximum-security ...