Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call ...

Inmates operating heavy machinery may sound counterintuitive, but at the Cook County Jail, it's a major opportunity for women behind bars. They are getting the chance to learn a trade to help them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend. "It's a ...

CHICAGO — For many of these men and women behind bars, Christmas can be the loneliest day of the year. But on Thursday, churches and organizations in Chicago brought the spirit of the season directly ...