A prosecutor says a former upstate New York prison guard repeatedly stomped on the head of a 22-year-old inmate during a ...

Cuyahoga County administrators say they are ready to borrow nearly $1 billion to cover the cost of replacing the 50-year-old ...

Cook County Jail is more than a detention center - it’s a pressure cooker of overcrowding, violence, and survival. Through ...

Cook County Jail isn’t just a detention center—it’s a reflection of Chicago’s deepest institutional failures. Over decades, ...

LLOYD, NY — Town of Lloyd Police have reported multiple arrests during a recent period spanning from March 9 through March 20 ...

Chicago Firefighter Michael Altman, 32, died of burns after he fell through the floor into the basement of an apartment building.

Days after Monroe County Sheriff's Office authorities secured it, the Monroe County district attorney has dismissed a ...

A 74-year-old Chicago man was arrested March 13 on multiple warrants. John Zemblidge faces charges including predatory ...

Fringe chemists are ushering in a total transformation of the illicit drug market. Operating from clandestine labs, they are ...

Shawna Jeanguenat was 5 months pregnant with her second child when she was detained in the LaSalle County Jail in Illinois on drug-related charges in 2019. She was later transferred on a separate ...

Cook County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a scam that claims they didn't pay a parking ticket or an electronic ...

JUSTIN WILKS, the head investigator at the Cook County jail in Chicago, referring to new synthetic drugs that are sprayed onto the pages of letters, books and even legal documents.