Four detainees have been indicted on multiple felony charges in connection with a robbery of another detainee, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 p.m. on April 28, a detainee on Cook County Department of Corrections bus heading to Cook Cou... [Read More]
A groundbreaking bill seeking to reduce the number of children born in custody to pre-trial detainees in Illinois was unanimously passed out of the Illinois Senate Thursday and will be sent to the Governor for signature. House Bill 1464, proposed by Cook County Sheriff T... [Read More]
A Cook County Jail detainee was indicted this week on a charge of aggravated assault against a correctional deputy, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1 p.m. on May 1, a female correctional deputy was escorting detainee Matthew Jackson back to his housi... [Read More]
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Skokie man found unresponsive Wednesday morning in a courthouse bathroom was revived with naloxone, the second time in two weeks Cook County Sheriff’s Police used the opioid overdose antidote to save someone’s life, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced ... [Read More]
