As BGA Policy has consistently highlighted, Illinois’ judicial branch is not subject to FOIA, leaving entities like juvenile ...

After months of planning and discussion, the Cook County sheriff’s office starting Tuesday will no longer accept new ...

Inside-Out is a program taught in hundreds of jails and prisons across the country. DePaul’s class this quarter is about ...

Cook County's Sheriff will transfer control of the Electronic Monitoring Program to the Adult Probation Department Pretrial ...

The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his team face mounting criticism about the jail. During a tour, they showed how they're working to make fixes.

Cook County prosecutors have dropped all charges against a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Cook was rushed to the hospital, where he passed away. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO ... adding that a third of the people in their jail are on Psychotropic medication.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It has been one month since a Chicago man was released from prison after serving nearly 29 years. Robert ...

Big changes for Cook County’s electronic monitoring system: The sheriff is out, and the courts are in charge.