CHICAGO - Beyond the barbed wire and locked doors at Cook County Jail's Division 11, something significant is happening not many know about. Through a civics class, Nathaniel Carswell and others ...

The Texarkana Police Department arrested two women on Thursday following accusations that they beat their roommate’s children ...

An Illinois jail continues to teach democracy behind bars, particularly by showing inmates and detainees how they can vote while incarcerated. Nathaniel Carswell is one of many being temporarily ...

Nathaniel Carswell is one of many being temporarily held while not serving a sentence at Cook County Jail’s Division II, which still has barbed wire surrounding the property and the sound of ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Two new public awareness campaigns aim to address a recent rise in syphilis cases in Cook County. The efforts, both geared toward pregnant people or ...

Joseph Guardia, 30, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid a trial, which was ...

A Cook County corrections deputy who was already charged with drug-related offenses is now accused of allowing an inmate to use her cellphone to send messages and view pornography. These are the ...

The Canton Police Department has arrested a man in connection to a home invasion incident from last month. According to a ...

A Lincoln woman has pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence in a police investigation last year into allegations that her ...