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 ...

Two of the inmates were taken to the hospital for treatment. — -- A sprawling brawl at a Chicago jail earlier this month was captured on video. Sixteen inmates are facing charges of mob action in ...

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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced that Martinez Duncan died after a fire broke out in the jail’s residential ...

A group of students sit in a big circle in the basement of Chicago’s Cook County Jail, listening in rapt attention to DePaul University Professor Jen Kouba. About half wear sand-colored jumpsuits with ...

After the fire was put out, Martinez Duncan, 24, was removed from the cell and brought to a holding area where he became ...