Volunteers offer help to those released from the jail; from water to transportation. It’s a challenge when discharges happen after midnight. When people are released from Cook County Jail, they don’t ...

We speak with the reporter who investigated the 18 inmate deaths in 2023 — and get an update from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department. The year 2023 was a deadly one at the Cook County Jail. Eighteen ...

Sandy Baker, 50, was arrested in Bridgeview on Sept. 26. He was wanted for home invasion in Michigan and burglary in Lake County, Illinois. He was detained at Cook County Jail the following day.