CHICAGO (CBS) -- The beating of a Cook County Jail guard by inmates was caught on video this past weekend—and union leaders representing correction officers now have safety concerns. Teamsters ...

The union representing the Cook County Sheriff's Office is demanding an investigation after a deputy assigned to the Department of Corrections was beaten by an inmate at Cook County Jail.

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The union representing the Cook County Sheriff's Office is demanding an investigation after a deputy assigned to the Department of Corrections was beaten by an inmate at Cook County Jail.

A Cook County jail detainee died Friday, officials said. Ahmad Abed, 32, of Bridgeview, suffered an apparent medical emergency shortly before 1 p.m. in the Residential Treatment Unit of the lockup ...

CHICAGO — A Cook County inmate was indicted after allegedly ... with possessing or smuggling drug-soaked paper into the jail.

Some residents in Cook County are seeing the impacts of long-standing delinquent utility bills after a letter threatens to cut their service. That is, if their delinquent bills are not paid within ...

As the Cook County probational correctional officer made his safety rounds Sunday night, he was suddenly sucker-punched by an inmate who then began to stomp on the officer's head. Jesse Jackson ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A 34-year-old man was indicted after allegedly being found with drug-soaked paper while in custody at the Cook County Jail. According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - An inmate was indicted last month for allegedly possessing drug-soaked paper inside the Cook County Jail. On June 9, correctional deputies at Cook County Jail discovered a ...