An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced that Martinez Duncan died after a fire broke out in the jail’s residential ...

A 24-year-old man being held in Cook County Jail died Thursday evening after a fire broke out in his cell inside the facility ...

Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend.

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the ...

Sheriff Tom Dart’s Urban Farm Initiative at the Cook County jail has introduced composting to its existing garden.

After the fire was put out, Martinez Duncan, 24, was removed from the cell and brought to a holding area where he became ...